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Articles
What or Where Next for Turkey?
Turkey looks isolated. It's relations with the US have been shaken over the war in Iraq and its hopes of eventual EU membership look dim. What direction will Turkey take in the coming months?
The Kurds of Iraq: Whose Proxies are they anyway?
Daniel Neep examines the difficult position of the Kurds of Iraq, as they struggle to independently assert themselves.
The Iraqi Kurds: A New Start or Repeat History
The US invasion has toppled the Iraqi dictatorship and increased the autonomy of the Kurds. Gareth Stansfield looks at the internal situation within the Kurdish region, the Kurdish promotion of federalism and the implications for Iraq and its neighbours.
Turkey looks isolated. It's relations with the US have been shaken over the war in Iraq and its hopes of eventual EU membership look dim. What direction will Turkey take in the coming months?
The Kurds of Iraq: Whose Proxies are they anyway?
Daniel Neep examines the difficult position of the Kurds of Iraq, as they struggle to independently assert themselves.
The Iraqi Kurds: A New Start or Repeat History
The US invasion has toppled the Iraqi dictatorship and increased the autonomy of the Kurds. Gareth Stansfield looks at the internal situation within the Kurdish region, the Kurdish promotion of federalism and the implications for Iraq and its neighbours.
Commentary
Turkey and Kurdistan: Where Next?
The Turkish military incursion into Iraq has been declared a military success, but it will neither solve its internal problems nor contribute constructively to relations with the neighbouring Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.
Is Invasion Inevitable?
The Turkish Prime Minister has other constraints to hold him back, for the moment at least.
Trouble in ‘Kurdistan’ – Options for Petraeus?
Just as Petraeus's strategy for combating the instability and insecurity in Iraq is beginning to have positive effect, two problems are emerging which could make his task in Iraq more difficult.
Turkey's intervention in northern Iraq
Turkey's decision to authorize a deployment of troops to Iraq will be enough to persuade Iraq to take action against the PKK and the US to develop a more pragmatic reading of Ottoman history.
The Turkish military incursion into Iraq has been declared a military success, but it will neither solve its internal problems nor contribute constructively to relations with the neighbouring Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.
Is Invasion Inevitable?
The Turkish Prime Minister has other constraints to hold him back, for the moment at least.
Trouble in ‘Kurdistan’ – Options for Petraeus?
Just as Petraeus's strategy for combating the instability and insecurity in Iraq is beginning to have positive effect, two problems are emerging which could make his task in Iraq more difficult.
Turkey's intervention in northern Iraq
Turkey's decision to authorize a deployment of troops to Iraq will be enough to persuade Iraq to take action against the PKK and the US to develop a more pragmatic reading of Ottoman history.
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