Unrest in Iraq: Continuation of the Arab Spring or a New Political Reality?

... is hard to see in any other light than a direct reference to the sentiments of the Arab Spring. This association with the events of 2011 is far from accidental. The developments... ... political spectrum, which entailed severe political consequences. For the first time, the Sunnis found themselves in a position of the ethnic-denominational minority. They felt... ... the auspices of the United States. The process had essentially been a failure until Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) entered Iraq and took over. The IRGC...