The Political Perspective of the Iraqi Kurds after the US Military Retreat

With the approaching of the US military retreating from Iraq in 2011, Iraq is getting into the “post-reconstruction” period without its direct interference. At the same time, this new situation will also promote the Kurds in Iraq to reconsider their political perspective. As a minority with the tendency of separatism for many years in Iraq, the Kurds recently are facing at least four factors that will affect their political future, which includs the “collaborating democracy” in Iraq designed by the US government is containing so many hidden problems, the rising Arabian nationalism with a strong inclination for the centralization of the state power is requiring to obliterate the federalism articles from the Iraq Constitution and opposing the autonomy of the Kurds, the conflicts caused by the core interests among the different racial nationalities and religious sects are becoming more serious, and the changes of the geopolitical environment around Kurdistan is in a favorable direction for the Kurds. All these will not only promote the Kurds to strive for a more advantageous political future, but will also attract the international society to concern itself more about the Kurds’ problem in this region.