This book examines the Kurds' rise as new regional actors in the Middle East and the impact this is having on the regional order. Kurdish political activism has reached a new height in the beginning of 21st Century with Kurdish movements in Iraq, Turkey and Syria establishing themselves as a significant force in the domestic politics of these states. The consolidation of Kurdish autonomy in Iraq and the establishment of a Kurdish de facto autonomous region within Syria is adding to the Kurds' growing influence in the region and enabling Kurds to forge stronger relations with regional and international forces. The author analyses recent developments in the Kurdish question in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria to understand the inter-connections and inter-dependencies that exist in the transnational Kurdish political space. The book's policy relevance is likely to attract strong interest from policy makers as well as from academics and students in the fields of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations.

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Cengiz Gunes is Associate Lecturer at the Open University, UK. He is the author of The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey: From Protest to Resistance (2012) and co-editor of The Kurdish Question in Turkey: New Perspectives on Violence, Representation, and Reconciliation (2014). In addition, he has published a number of peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in edited books on different aspects of Kurdish politics in the Middle East.  

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Abbreviations                                                                                                                            4

Preface                                                                                                                                       6

Chapter 1: The Kurdish Resurgence in a Changing Middle East                                       8

    1.1 A Brief history of the Kurdish Question                                                                     12

    1.2 The Re-emergence of Kurdish Nationalism during the 1960s                                    17

    1.3 The Geopolitics of the Middle East and the Kurdish Question                                   23 **Chapter 2: The Kurdish Conflict in Iraq: Towards a Sustainable Solution  &a...