middle east weapons of mass distructions

· Topic: Past and Future Development of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq

· The following is my outline of the paper, please follow my outline to write the research paper

· There’re mainly 2 Parts for the research paper, please write 1/3 for Part 1, and 2/3 for Part 2, Part 2 is much more important.

Outline:

PART 1:

* Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) weapon general intro:

--Biological

--Chemical

--Nuclear

--Missile

* Drivers:

i: Major Events vs. reactions & responses from ( Iraq government, U.S., UN, and other countries) :

-- Iran-Iraq War

-- Operation Opera ( Israel attack, which accelerate WMD development in Iraq)

-- 1st Gulf War 1991 ( UNSCOM Inspections )

-- 2nd Gulf War 2003

-- Post- Saddam Period

ii: Regime Security, Geopolitical relations

-- Relationship with its neighbor countries

Israel, Syria, Iran

-- Iraq Oil market

* Disarmament:

------Kuwait Invasion in 1990 leads to UN strong attention and reaction of Iraq’s WMD program

---1991, Iraq WMD weapon disarmament

PART 2:

* Future: How likely it is for Iraq to redevelop it WMD program.

(Please discuss through the following prospective):

--The post-Saddam Hussein government has not publicly declared an interest in reconstituting Iraq's missile programs. However, this may change when Iraq becomes more militarily independent;

-- Current relation between Iraq vs. KRG, will KRG become a threat?

-- Terrorism Threat: ISIS. In June 2014, ISIS invaded Iraq from its bases in Syria, routing the Iraqi army and occupying much of northern and western Iraq, raising questions about the security of any of Iraq’s remaining nuclear or chemical materials. As Iraqi and Kurdish forces have fought to regain territory lost in the invasion, several allegations of chemical attacks by ISIS have emerged.

-- How to deal with the threats?

--In September 2017, Iraq asked UN for help to build new nuclear power reactor for peaceful purpose. Concerns and other nations reaction regards to that?

---P-5 countries attitude among the issue ( U.S., UK, Russia, China)

--- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s staffing and budget issues, they don’t have the capacity to do investigation fully, Iraq may take it as a chance to build the weapon again

*****The paper should cover official and unofficial responses by governments, international organizations, or NGOs to address the issue and how effective these measures have been in combating the threat.

*****Students will then discuss what measures they think may be more or less effective in mitigating/preventing this particular WMD threat.