A “Christian province” in the Nineveh Plain would betray the Assyrian cause and transform historic Assyrian land into a symbolic administrative unit that is praised internationally, controlled externally, and emptied of national meaning, argues Ninos Marcus.
In this analysis of regional power dynamics affecting the Assyrian nation, Edward Oraha argues that a unifying national vision is among what's needed to make Assyrian aspirations part of the wider equation.
The eradication of a people and their identity is not carried out solely through physical destruction, but also through a systemic process of identity destruction, coercion, misclassification, and structural pressure, writes Dr Daniel Sada.
The political order that emerged in northern Iraq after 1991 departed sharply from its original pluralistic vision. Instead of an inclusive post Ba’ath framework reflecting ethnic and historical diversity, governance consolidated around a single ethno nationalist project, writes Ninos Marcus.
