The Kurds and US Foreign Policy: International Relations in the Middle East Since 1945

ISBN-13: 9781138788992 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 320 str.

Marianna Charountaki

Opis

This text provides a survey 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.