Tag Archives: Kurdistan

On Civil Wars: A Thought Experiment

Posted on October 29, 2019 by

From time immemorial I have had a realist view of foreign and domestic affairs, and that has usually involved examining the context and consequences of actions or looking at what conditions would have to be present for such and such … Continue reading →

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Bijî Kurdistan

Posted on October 8, 2019 by

For some time the Kurds have been a people whose fate I have pondered and reflected upon [1].  And there is good reason for that, several good reasons in fact.  For one, as someone who was born to a family … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ethnic Conflict In World Politics

Posted on November 5, 2017 by

Ethnic Conflict In World Politics, by Barbara Harff and Ted Robert Gurr As someone who has a fairly strong interest in the relationship between ethnic conflicts and geopolitics [1], this is the sort of book I enjoy reading from time … Continue reading →

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The Age Of Seccession: The Kurds

Posted on October 3, 2017 by

A couple days ago, a large majority of voters in Iraqi Kurdistan voted for their independence in a unilateral referendum that was not supported by Iraq nor by any other nation in the Middle East except for Israel.  Although Iraqi … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Kurds: State And Minority In Turkey, Iraq, And Iran

Posted on June 20, 2016 by

The Kurds:  State And Minority In Turkey, Iraq, And Iran, by James Ciment It is somewhat noteworthy that this particular book is substantially out of date, and worth mentioning how so at the outset.  Seeking to focus on the relationship … Continue reading →

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This Is Why We Don’t Have Any Nice Things In Kurdistan

Posted on December 11, 2013 by

As someone who comes from hill people, I have always had a fondness for other hill tribes around the world [1], yet this fondness is not undiminished by concern about their ability to ensure their own well-being. I support, to … Continue reading →

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Kurds And Whey

Posted on August 22, 2013 by

One of the more troublesome “what if” questions of contemporary world history is whether the Kurds would have their own nation-state if they were somehow more unified. Somehow, in the falling apart of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900’s, … Continue reading →

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