The Kurds Before A Regional Transformation

Author : Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643910370

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The Kurds before a Regional Transformation by Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder Pdf

The Kurdish independence movement is in retreat. Contributing factors for this withdrawal are the new outbreak of the Kurdish war in Turkey, the structural weakening of the autonomous region "Rojava" in Syria, proclaimed by the DUP, and the setbacks in Iraqi Kurdistan, caused by political and economic blockades. The Kurdish autonomy projects will be reduced to a minimum. The independence referendum in Iraq and the Iraqi and Shiite militias' military response are indicative of the reluctance of the Middle-Eastern ruling forces to accept political and ethnical pluralism. External actors as the USA, the EU and the UN, support the return of the "strong" state in order to support regional stability. Kurdish elites and their political organisations are facing a crisis of their own. The Kurdistan Workers' Party propagates postmodern concepts of a post-nation state in a region requiring stable political structures more than ever before. In Iraqi Kurdistan ongoing internal fighting between the main actors sets back Nation and State building processes by decades. All these factors are part of a phase of transition aiming at a new regional order, whose outlines can't be anticipated yet.

Author : FERHAD IBRAHIM SEYDER (ED.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3643960379

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KURDS BEFORE A REGIONAL TRANSFORMATION by FERHAD IBRAHIM SEYDER (ED.) Pdf

Author : Veli Yadirgi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107181236

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The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey by Veli Yadirgi Pdf

An examination of the link between the economic and political development of the Kurds in Turkey, and Turkey's Kurdish question.

Author : Hamit Bozarslan,Cengiz Gunes,Veli Yadirgi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1027 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108583015

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The Cambridge History of the Kurds by Hamit Bozarslan,Cengiz Gunes,Veli Yadirgi Pdf

The Cambridge History of the Kurds is an authoritative and comprehensive volume exploring the social, political and economic features, forces and evolution amongst the Kurds, and in the region known as Kurdistan, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. Written in a clear and accessible style by leading scholars in the field, the chapters survey key issues and themes vital to any understanding of the Kurds and Kurdistan including Kurdish language; Kurdish art, culture and literature; Kurdistan in the age of empires; political, social and religious movements in Kurdistan; and domestic political developments in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Other chapters on gender, diaspora, political economy, tribes, cinema and folklore offer fresh perspectives on the Kurds and Kurdistan as well as neatly meeting an exigent need in Middle Eastern studies. Situating contemporary developments taking place in Kurdish-majority regions within broader histories of the region, it forms a definitive survey of the history of the Kurds and Kurdistan.

Author : S. Behnaz Hosseini
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07
Category : Women
ISBN : 9783643911209

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Women in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations by S. Behnaz Hosseini Pdf

This collected volume focuses on women's suffering and the conditions of their societies during conflict and post-conflict situations in Iraq, Iran, Syria and other countries. The contributions examine and explore not only general narratives but also various specific aspects of the conflict and post-conflict situations in relation to the roles and statuses of these women, with a number of scholars reflecting on topics from various disciplines and key areas such as the Middle East. This collection also includes some articles on the suffering of women outside of the Middle East, thus illustrating the similarity of some general issues women have to face throughout the world.

Author : Cengiz Gunes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030005399

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The Kurds in a New Middle East by Cengiz Gunes Pdf

This book examines the Kurds’ rise as new regional actors in the Middle East and the impact this is having on the regional order. Kurdish political activism has reached a new height in the beginning of the 21st Century with Kurdish movements in Iraq, Turkey and Syria establishing themselves as a significant force in the domestic politics of these states. The consolidation of Kurdish autonomy in Iraq and the establishment of a Kurdish de facto autonomous region within Syria is adding to the Kurds’ growing influence in the region and enabling Kurds to forge stronger relations with regional and international forces. The author analyses recent developments in the Kurdish question in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria to understand the inter-connections and inter-dependencies that exist in the transnational Kurdish political space. The book's policy relevance is likely to attract strong interest from policy makers as well as from academics and students in the fields of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations.

Author : Denise Natali
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815651215

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The Kurdish Quasi-State by Denise Natali Pdf

Despite ongoing instability and underdevelopment in post-Saddam Iraq, some parts of the country have realized relative security and growth. The Kurdish north, once an isolated outpost for the Iraqi army and local militia, has become an internationally recognized autonomous region. In The Kurdish Quasi-State, Natali explains the nature of this transformation and how it has influenced the relationship between the Kurdistan region and Iraq’s central government. This much-needed scholarship focuses on foreign aid as helping to create and sustain the Kurdish quasi-state. It argues that the generous nature of external assistance to the Kurdistan region over time has given it new forms of legitimacy and leverage in the country. Since 2003 the Kurdistan region has gained representation in the central government and developed commercial, investment, and political ties with regional states and foreign governments. Drawing on extensive field research, Natali explores how this transition has had positive and unintended consequences on Kurdish—state relations. Greater complexity in the regional political economy has demanded new forms of compromise with the central government. The Kurdistan region may have become a distinct political entity that challenges Baghdad; however, the benefits of aid and logic of quasi-statehood ensure that it will remain part of Iraq. Acutely familiar with the nuances of Kurdish politics, society, and culture, Natali has produced a timely and immensely important book for policy makers, scholars, and practitioners interested in the region.

Author : Serwan M.J. Baban,Alan Dilani,Almas Heshmati
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443869713

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Perspectives on Kurdistan's Economy and Society in Transition by Serwan M.J. Baban,Alan Dilani,Almas Heshmati Pdf

The second scientific World Kurdish Congress was held in October 2012 at Hewler with the theme of improving the quality of life, science and culture for progress in Kurdistan. The papers presented focused on various important aspects of culture, economy, education, health, industry and political science in Kurdistan. The objective of this conference was to create a network of academicians to exchange and develop knowledge and work together with the Kurdistan Regional Government on how to further enhance the progress within the Kurdish society. This volume is a collection of 26 studies presented at the Congress and includes an introduction by the editors and a summary report of the Congress. The topics presented here are diverse, covering several areas pertinent to the current Kurdish situation. The studies are divided into ten areas: namely, agriculture and rural development; diaspora; education and research; health and quality of life; industry; information technology and e-government; infrastructure and development; language; human rights; and politics. In the last part of the volume, the organization committee provides a compilation of recommendations from the Congress to the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Author : Gareth Stansfield,Mohammed Shareef
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190869724

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The Kurdish Question Revisited by Gareth Stansfield,Mohammed Shareef Pdf

The Kurds, once marginal in the study of the Middle East and secondary in its international relations, have moved to centre stage in recent years. The contributors to The Kurdish Question Revisited offer insights into how this once seemingly intractable, immutable phenomenon is being transformed amid the new political realities of the Middle East.

Author : Mustafa Grbz
Publisher : Protest and Social Movements
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Kurds
ISBN : 908964878X

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Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey by Mustafa Grbz Pdf

The place occupied by Kurds in Turkish society has changed remarkably in recent years. Around the turn of the millennium, the Turkish state still denied their very existence, whereas now Kurdish parties are seen as key parts of Turkish political life. This book uses the situation of the Kurds in Turkey as a case study for attempting to understand the conditions that foster nonviolent civic engagement in emerging civil societies. How and why did the Kurds choose participation over rebellion, discarding the violent approach of the PKK and opting instead for organization within the structures of the state? And what can their success teach us about possible ways to encourage similar approaches in other developing democracies?

Author : Şaban Kardaş,Bülent Aras
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000910605

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Geopolitics of the New Middle East by Şaban Kardaş,Bülent Aras Pdf

This edited book takes a critical look at the geopolitics of the broader Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It scrutinizes some of the perennial issues shaping the regional security agenda, as well as the emerging geopolitical trends in the wake of a decade of turmoil triggered by the demands for political and economic reforms. The contributors explore the geopolitical implications of the structural transformation process in the MENA region and beyond, which has unleashed destabilizing forces and multifaceted conflicts, with the involvement of many local, regional and global actors. They also look at how some of the regional actors have reacted to the risks and security challenges produced by the wave of instability and conflicts, and conducted their foreign policy in this volatile period of fluid alliances. Other contributors explore the roles and perspectives of major extra-regional actors, delving deeper into how they have adjusted their policies towards the emergence of a new order and reshuffling of alignments. This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of politics, international relations, and political geography. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.

Author : Marianna Charountaki
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786733801

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Iran and Turkey by Marianna Charountaki Pdf

The foreign policies of Turkey and Iran seem increasingly to dictate the course of events in the Middle East. More recently, and especially following the Syrian crisis, the spotlight has turned to these states' dynamic re-entry onto the political stage, revealing them as key players with an international role in efforts towards the balance of power across the region. This book traces the major determinants of Turkish and Iranian foreign policies and their influence on events in the Middle East. Based on an examination of these states' politics and policies since 1979, and using material gathered from interviews with leading political figures from Turkey, Iran and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Marianna Charountaki offers fresh insights into how we understand the contemporary global order. Of particular importance, this book shows, is the effect of both external and internal factors on foreign policy and how the interaction between state and non-state actors informs political decisions. In placing these issues in a theoretical framework, Marianna Charountaki pioneers a new conceptual map within International Relations. An interdisciplinary study that provides a fresh new perspective, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of International Relations, Politics, Foreign Policy, Kurdish and Middle East Studies.

Author : Marianna Charountaki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136906916

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The Kurds and US Foreign Policy by Marianna Charountaki Pdf

This book provides a detailed survey and analysis of US–Kurdish relations and their interaction with domestic, regional and global politics. Using the Kurdish issue to explore the nature of the engagement between international powers and weaker non-state entities, the author analyses the existence of an interactive US relationship with the Kurds of Iraq. Drawing on governmental archives and interviews with political figures both in Northern Iraq and the United States, the author places the case study within a broader International Relations context. The conceptual framework centres on the inter-relations between actors (both state and non-state) and structures of material and ideational kinds, while the detailed survey and analysis of US–Kurdish relations, in their interaction with domestic, regional and global politics, forms the empirical core of the study. Stressing the intertwining of domestic and foreign policy as part of the same set of dynamics, the case study explains the emergence of the interactive and institutionalized US relationship with the Kurds of Iraq that has brought about the formation, within an Iraqi framework, of an undeclared US official Kurdish policy in the post-Saddam era. Filling a gap in the literature on US–Kurdish relations as well as the broader topic of International Relations, this book will be of great interest to those in the areas of International Relations, Middle Eastern and Kurdish Politics.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015090412761

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Transforming the U.S. Military's Foreign Language, Cultural Awareness, and Regional Expertise Capabilities by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Pdf

Author : David L. Phillips
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786725769

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The Great Betrayal by David L. Phillips Pdf

The twentieth century saw dramatic changes in the once Kurd-dominated Kirkuk region of Iraq. Despite having repeatedly relied on the Kurdish population of Iraq for military support, on three occasions the United States have abandoned their supposed allies in Kirkuk. The Great Betrayal provides a political and diplomatic history of the Kirkuk region and its international relations from the 1920s to the present day. Based on first-hand interviews and previously unseen sources, it provides an accessible account of a region at the very heart of America's foreign policy priorities in the Middle East. In September 2017, Iraqi Kurdistan held an independence referendum, intended to be a starting point on negotiations with the Iraqi Government in Baghdad on the terms of a friendly divorce. Though the US, Turkey, and Iran opposed it, the referendum passed with 93% of the vote. Rather than negotiate, Iraq's Prime Minister Heider al-Abadi issued an ultimatum and then attacked the region. Iraq's Kurdish population have been abandoned, once again, by their supposed allies in the US. In this book, David L. Phillips reveals the failings of America's policies towards Kirkuk and the devastating effects of betraying an ally.