The Impact of American Involvement on National Liberation

Polarization and Repression in Palestine and Iraqi Kurdistan

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ID6160650
AuthorsDana El Kurd (0000-0002-7546-2731, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume12
Issue3
Pages275-303
Publication date2020-12-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle East Law and Governance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1876-3367 • E-ISSN: 1876-3375
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18763375-12030002
OpenAlexW3116449044
LanguageEN
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What is the effect of international involvement on national liberation movements? In the last few decades, movements transforming into states have increasingly operated in a globalized context and have had to contend with international pressures. However, the effects of international involvement on the internal dynamics of these movements should be more centrally considered. This paper thus examines the role of international involvement in the Kurdish national liberation movement in Iraqi Kurdistan and the Palestinian national liberation movement within the Palestinian territories. Specifically, I look at the role of the United States as the most powerful actor in the Middle East region. This paper argues that international involvement leads to authoritarian conditions within these state-building projects as well as paralyzes the efficacy and coherence of these movements. Specifically, international involvement creates polarization among political elites and a divergence between elite and public preferences, which creates authoritarian conditions

Authoritarianism · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Elite · Geography · Liberation movement · Polarization (electrochemistry · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Turkey's Politics and Society

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