Decentralisation drive can stall Iraq's break-up
Amid Iraq's governance crisis, its politicians are debating different ways of restructuring the state
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- Layers of government
- Governorates and component administrations
- Regions
- Federal government
- Options for Kurdistan
- De jure independence
- Formal confederalism
- De facto independence
- Disputed areas
- Shia objections to regional government
- Next steps
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