Realpolitik may scupper Kurdish statehood dream

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

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New opportunities
Autonomy in Iraq
Self-rule in Syria
Peace process in Turkey
Iranian rapprochement
Obstacles
State viability in Iraq
Lack of external backing
Economic dependence
Border disputes
Syrian Kurdish divisions
PKK peace process
Syrian conflict
KRG
Iranian constraints
Inter-Kurdish divisions
Pan-Kurdish dream?

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