Sowing Division

Kurds in the Syrian War

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12415229
AutoresZeynep Kaya (0000-0003-1606-2460, Research fellow at the Middle East Centre and research officer at the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics and Political Science., autor de correspondencia), Matthew Whiting (0000-0001-9589-6409, Research associate at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at the University of Coventry. His book on the conflict in Northern Ireland is forthcoming from Edinburgh University Press in 2017.)
Año2017
Volumen24
Número1
Páginas79-91
Fecha de publicación2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMiddle East Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1061-1924 • E-ISSN: 1475-4967
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/mepo.12253
OpenAlexW2607602624
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas3

Kurdish groups, both within Syria and throughout the Middle East, undoubtedly see the Syrian war as an opportunity to advance their goals of self-determination. The Kurdish autonomous region of Rojava is held up as proving the viability and necessity of Kurdish self-rule within any future Syria, with Kurdish leader Idris Nassan declaring that "federalism should be the future." 1 In addition, key events throughout the conflict were seized upon by Kurdish leaders in Turkey and Iraq to generate support for their causes. A strong Kurdish presence at the forefront of resistance to ISIS was used to leverage support from the EU and the United States for Kurdish goals. 2 The PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) drew on its close relationship with Syria's armed Kurdish group, the YPG (People's Protection Units), to further increase its influence across the border. Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan

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