Turkey-Kurdish Regional Government relations after the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq : putting the Kurds on the map? / Bill Park.

• Introduction -- Turkey and the KRG -- Turkey and Baghdad -- Erbil-Baghdad relations -- The energy nexus : a game changer? Turkey eyes the KRG's energy resources -- Washington's approach -- Moving parts, unknown unknowns, and paradigm shifts : time for a state of Kurdistan? The Syrian uprising, sectarianism, and the Kurdish question -- An Iraqi Kurdistan? -- A Turkish Kurdistan? -- An Iranian Kurdistan? -- Conclusions and recommendations.

• The withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq at the end of 2011 left behind a set of unresolved problems in the relationship between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), and the Federal Government in Baghdad -- notably relating to the disputed boundaries of the KRG, and the extent of its autonomy. Tensions have since been compounded by the discovery of significant quantities of oil and gas in the KRG area, and Erbil's pursuit of an energy policy independent of and in opposition to Baghdad. Turkey, uneasy with the increasingly sectarian and authoritarian flavor of the Shia-dominated government in Baghdad, has since moved closer to the KRG, not least with respect to energy issues, deepening Turkish-Iraqi tensions still further. Added to the mix is the increasingly sectarian standoff in the region as a whole, in large measure as a consequence of Syrian developments, which has further pitted Ankara against Baghdad and its ally Iran; and the emergence of a bid for autonomy by Syria's Kurds, which has complicated the stance of both Ankara and Erbil toward Syria and towards each other. Washington is in danger of being left behind by the fast-paced events in the region, while the ethnic Kurds of the region may be approaching a decisive moment in their long struggle for self-determination. 

Ämnesord

Diplomatiska förbindelser  (sao)

Regional självstyrelse  (sao)

Politiska förhållanden  (sao)

Federal government  -- Iraq. (LCSH)

Kurds  -- Politics and government -- 21st century. (LCSH)

Foreign relations  (LCSH)

Turkey  -- Foreign relations -- Iraq -- Kurdistān. (LCSH)

Kurdistān (Iraq)  -- Foreign relations -- Turkey. (LCSH)

Turkey  -- Foreign relations -- Iraq. (LCSH)

Iraq  -- Foreign relations -- Turkey. (LCSH)

Kurdistan - Irak 

Turkiet 

Klassifikation

DR479.I74 (LCC)