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The US-Kurdish Problematique

... maintain absolute dominance in Syria as a long-term ally (at least since the 1950s Soviet-Syrian cooperation). Moscow is currently following the carrot and stick policy towards... ... will enable the preservation of Iraq as a unit. In any case, the US interactions with the KRG appear to be a working model that the other Kurdish cases could follow once there... ... p.52. 4 . Michael M. Gunter, ‘The Five Stages of American Foreign Policy towards the Kurds,’ Insight Turkey , Vol.13, No. 2 (2011), p. 104.

20.05.2020

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Op-Edge: Why is it almost impossible for Kurds to secede from Iraq?

... Furthermore, the KRG move might generate a rough backlash from Turkey, Syria and Iran on the young and newly-founded Kurdish “autonomous region” in Syria. The previous countries would fear a quick imitation by the PYD towards independence. Therefore, the KRG move might not be in the short-term interest of Syria’s Kurds, especially at the time being. The PYD might simply stay neutral on the poll event, and not support Erbil. Despite the official Israeli support to the independence of KRG both in public and in private, there are two other regional powers who totally ...

09.10.2017

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