Kurdish Autonomy and U. S. Foreign Policy
Subtitle: Continuity and Change
Publisher: Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781433168024
Subjects: United states, history
Description: Developments in Iranian Kurdish areas are indirectly evaluated in relation to the Kurdistan Independence Referendum and the Islamic Republic's ferocious repression of Kurdish movements (predominantly driven by the theocratic regime's fear of broader domestic opposition). The chapter contributions center on the question of how past U.S.-Kurdish relations could shape the future of U.S. preferences in the region. Scholars in the field examine whether the United States will ever support Kurdish autonomy movements, and if so, under what conditions.