The Kurdistan Region's Response to Security Challenges after 2014

The security of the Kurdistan Region has faced many challenges since 2014. This study provides a detailed analysis of the region's response to the challenges. The importance of this study is that it will be an academic tool for the KRG officials. The aim of the study is to present the region's response to the challenges after 2014 and to present appropriate recommendations to address the challenges. This research uses several methods to prove the research hypothesis, especially the descriptive method and the inductive method to investigate the situation in the region. Also, a systematic analysis method was used to analyze the causes and consequences related to security and how official authority has treated this circumstance in the Kurdistan Region. The researcher has reached several conclusions, above all the deep party conflict and division of political forces in the region. The existence of superpower interests and interventions in the region as well as the lack of a strong economy that is diversified in terms of revenue sources. Finally, there is a lack of a strong and national armed force in the KRG. All of these factors have prevented the region from dealing with these challenges properly and have become a serious threat to its security.