Iraq’s political and economic systems have been in a state of flux ever since the invasion by the U.S-led alliance and the disposal of the Saddam regime. The country’s long suppressed hostilities between the majority Shias and Sunnis have come out in the open and led to a fertile ground for the growth of terror outfits like Al-Qaeda and Islamic State. The country’s democratic leadership remains weak and ineffectual, as IS has captured large regions of the country. The Kurds in the north have also become almost completely autonomous and a fractured Iraq remains a country largely in name only.
