Geopolitics of Turkey–Kurdistan Relations Cooperation, Security Dilemmas, and Economies
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Mustafa Demir is associate lecturer of international relations at Staffordshire University.This book offers a well-researched account and analysis of Turkey’s evolving relationship with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq in the period 2003-2013. It examines the drivers behind Turkish policy, considers Ankara’s shift towards ‘desecuritising’ its approach, explores areas of common ground between Ankara and Erbil, and focuses on the all-important energy relationship between them. It does not simply locate the relationship in a purely bilateral or regional context, but also endeavors to explain it through a more globalist perspective. This book helps fill the gap left by the relative scarcity of literature on this under-studied but important relationship.
- William Park, King’s College,
Employing a globalist perspective on the Kurdish problem, this book offers a different approach: The extent and the motives behind the shift in Turkey's foreign policy toward the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq. in order to analyze key turning points in Turkey's changing relations with the KRG, the book successfully frames the Kurdish question at a regional level going beyond the traditional methods of framing it within the domestic circumstances of various countries in the Middle East.
- Gokhan Bacik, Palacky University,
Many people do not quite understand Turkey’s evolving relationship with the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Instead, they rely on now outdated cognitive maps of the issue. Dr. Demir’s book offers an engaging and very important corrective to such views. Although Turkey’s relationship with Iraqi Kurdistan still suffers from old mindsets in some ways, the huge energy reserves in the area, Turkey and Europe’s insatiable appetite for non-Russian energy sources, and other factors have created unlikely partners in the region. Dr. Demir offers readers a fine overview of how, including an analysis of why this relationship may endure or how it may perish.
- David Romano, Missouri State University,
This series strives to produce high quality academic work on Kurdish society and politics, and the international relations of Kurdish organizations and governments (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) both regionally and globally. The books in this series explore themes of contemporary relevance as well as presenting historical trajectories of the Kurdish populations. The series contributes to the rapidly growing literature on this topic with books that are original and make substantial empirical and theoretical contribution. The series’ main focus are the Kurds and the social, cultural and political environment in which Kurdish issues play out. The subjects that we are interested in include but are not limited to: the history of the Kurds, Kurdish politics and policies within Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria, as well as Kurdish politics and their impact on the international relations of the Middle East. This series also publishes books on the policies of the USA, Europe, and other countries towards Kurdish movements and territories, and interdisciplinary research on Kurdish societies, religions, social movements, and the Kurdish diaspora. Lastly, our aim is to contribute to the academic literature on Kurdish culture, arts, cinema and literature. This series speaks to audiences outside academia, and is not limited to area-studies topics. All books in this series will be peer-reviewed and demonstrate academic quality and rigor.
Series Editor: Bahar Baser, Durham University