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Hawre Hasan Hama obtained his M.A. in International Studies from Sheffield University in the U.K and is currently a lecturer at the University of Sulaymaniyah, Department of Law and Politics. Hama is the author of “Politicization of Kurdish Security in Iraq since 2003.” He has published policy papers in the Washington Institute’s Fikra Forum, Open Democracy Center for Security Studies, Modern Diplomacy, The Kurdish Policy Foundation, and the Masher Politics & Culture Journal. He is a security expert on Kurdistan at The Kurdish Policy Foundation.
Kurdish Referendum a Reaction to Iraqi Government’s Failure to Implement Constitution
The upcoming independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan is partially a consequence of politicization of the Kurdish constitutional demands by Iraqi political leaders. The Kurdistan Regional Government (K.R.G.) was officially recognized by the Iraqi state when Saddam Hussein’s regime fell in 2003 and the new government installed a federal system. In 2004, the Transitional Administrative Law established the Iraqi Transitional Government, and officially recognized the K.R.G. for the first time in the history of the Iraqi state.
