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The role of the Popular Mobilization Forces in the Iraqi conflict and its influence as a non-state actor

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17F17785
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section外国
Research Field International relations
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Foreign Studies

Principal Investigator

篠田 英朗  東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 教授 (60314712)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) AL TUMA ALI  東京外国語大学, その他部局等, 外国人特別研究員
Project Period (FY) 2017-10-13 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
KeywordsPMF / Iraq / Syria / ISIS / Shia / Iran / US / terrorist / Terrorism / Insurgency / Middle East / Migrant Communities / Popular Mobilization Forces / Sunni / Justice / Non state armed group
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

The fellow proposed doing research on the role of the popular mobilization forces (PMF) in Iraq in the struggle against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria organization between 2014-2017 and their role post-ISIS, as well as researching popular views for dealing with ISIS prisoners of war. The research on the PMF concentrated on both military and political levels. The mobilization on this grand scale of a conglomeration of militias in one military forces capable of conducting conventional operations was a unique feature in the Iraq war. The fellow looked at the advantages in military terms that these formations provided to the stated whether it was manpower or the economic means to keep this manpower operating. The Popular Mobilization forces grew into a semi-regular army that transcended the nature of a militia by waging conventional operations far from recruitment bases and using medium-heavy to heavy weaponry, while at the same time recruiting and operating their own that operated its own local militias, given the southern region in Iraq as the main source of manpower of the PMF that fought outside their local boundaries. Fighting locally is usually what characterizes a militia. A decentralized nature of command in the PMF has contrasted with the typical style overly centralized command in the Iraqi Army, and for that matter most of Arab Middle Eastern armies, and proved beneficiary to the achievement of increasing flexibility in the battlefield by most of PMF formations compared to the Iraqi army and ministry of interior units.

Research Progress Status

令和元年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

令和元年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Open Access: 2 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] CPR-UNU(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A Will to Punish. The Shia View of Dealing with ISIS Suspects in the Hands of Iraqi Justice2018

    • Author(s)
      ALI AL TUMA
    • Journal Title

      Center for Policy Research

      Volume: M/A Pages: 1-29

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Iraqi Justice in the Post-ISIS Era2018

    • Author(s)
      Adam Day & Ali Al Tuma
    • Journal Title

      International Policy Digest

      Volume: N/A

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      https://cpr.unu.edu/

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      https://cpr.unu.edu/the-limits-of-punishment-transitional-justice-and-violent-extremism.html

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-10-17   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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