What is your general topic and how is it located with the study of international relations [or any discipline]?

[Revision] Non state actors in international relation: The Kurds and PMF (Hash al Shaabi) conflict in the disputed areas

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What is your general topic and how is it located with the study of international relations [or any discipline]?

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What is the key literature and its limitations?

What are the main hypotheses you wish to explore and the argument you intend to develop?

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