1st Edition
The Kurds and US Foreign Policy International Relations in the Middle East since 1945
By Marianna Charountaki
Copyright 2011
336 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
336 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
336 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Multi-faceted Nature of the Kurdish Issue 3. US Foreign Policy: Structures, Determinants and Pressures 4. US Foreign Policy Towards the Kurds, 1945-1990 5. US Foreign Policy Toward the Kurds, 1991-2003 6. US and the Kurds in the Post-Saddam Era (2003-2009) 7. Conceptual Implications and General Conclusions
Biography
Marianna Charountaki completed her PhD in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. Now an independent scholar working in Athens, Greece, her research interests range from International Relations and foreign policy analysis to the international relations of the broader Middle East.
