Distinguished research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University, where she specializes on regional energy politics, Middle East politics and the Kurdish issue. @dNataliDC
Distinguished research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University, where she specializes on regional energy politics, Middle East politics and the Kurdish issue. @dNataliDC
If the West supports the Kurds, are we supporting terrorism?
This question begs further questions: which Kurds? And what issues of concern?
Many state that Kurdish Peshmerga in Iraq and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (PYG) – a PKK affiliate... Читать далее
Distinguished research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University, where she specializes on regional energy politics, Middle East politics and the Kurdish issue. @dNataliDC
Should the West support the establishment of Kurdistan as a state?
I do not think the issue is about the right to self-determination. Most would agree that the right of self-rule exists for all peoples of the world in some form. The essential issue is... Читать далее
Distinguished research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University, where she specializes on regional energy politics, Middle East politics and the Kurdish issue. @dNataliDC
ISIL [as ISIS is widely known] is being pushed back from territories it once controlled, and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Peshmerga have been important partners in this effort. My... Читать далее
Distinguished research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University, where she specializes on regional energy politics, Middle East politics and the Kurdish issue. @dNataliDC
Literally, Kurdistan means “land of the Kurds”. It’s a territory that crosses four states – Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria – plus parts of the former Soviet Union, with as many as 30... Читать далее