Politics and Identity

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) rapid and shocking insurgency in Iraq which already began since December 2013 has been successful to gain concern from the international world. The interesting international politic phenomena happen during the insurgency is that Iran, one of Iraq neighboring country, shows the actions of military intervention by sending its two battalions of Quds force on 11th June 2014 in order to help Iraq fighting against ISIS. That phenomenon is the new development of Iran foreign policy toward Iraq in 2014. It really interesting because of by seeing their historical background, both of them shared mainly the enmities relations rather than friendly relations. Moreover there is a fact stated that Iran was the country that actively support and sponsored some of the terrorist, militant and jihadist group to chase away United States of America during its occupation in Iraq. This paper will analyze the reasons behind Iran's military intervention in Iraq that already mentioned before. It involves foreign policy concept as well as constructivism theory as the tools to find that reasons.

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Arlita Widyastuti was International Relations Scholar from Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), Indonesia. She put her interest in Globalization, Conflict and Development study. During her study she was actively in charge as Lecturer Assistant and student Tutor for International Program of International Relations (UMY).