Rubio warns of Iraq ‘Balkanisation’: Is that a real threat?鲁比奥警告伊拉克“巴尔干化”：这真的是威胁吗？
Balkanisation as Rubio framed it means more that Iraq risks failing to become a centralised, stable state that can wean off Iranian interference – not that it faces imminent territorial partition,” Ozcelik said. She described the armed groups as a “festering, now structural” challenge, and said they have “operated inside federal Iraq with near impunity”.
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Balkanisation as Rubio framed it means more that Iraq risks failing to become a centralised, stable state that can wean off Iranian interference – not that it faces imminent territorial partition,” Ozcelik said. She described the armed groups as a “festering, now structural” challenge, and said they have “operated inside federal Iraq with near impunity”.
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厄兹切利克表示：“卢比奥所说的巴尔干化，更多的是指伊拉克可能无法成为一个能够摆脱伊朗干预的中央集权、稳定的国家，而不是面临迫在眉睫的领土分裂。”她将武装团体描述为“由来已久、如今已成为结构性挑战”的难题，并指出这些团体“在联邦制伊拉克境内几乎不受惩罚地活动”。
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