The Kurdish-Iraqi conflict lies in the fact that Kurdistan is a
nation-without-a-state and Iraq is a non-nation state, each
possessing a nationhood project differing from and opposing the
other. Iraqi-Kurdistan is an outward looking entity seeking
external patronage. Though external patronage has played a pivotal
role in the evolution of the Kurdish quasi-state, a lack of
positive patronage has prevented it from achieving independence.
This book looks at how the Kurdish and Iraqi quests for nationhood
have led to the transformation of Iraqi Kurdistan into an
unrecognised quasi-state, and the devolution of the Iraqi state
into a recognised quasi-state. This is done by examining the
protracted Iraqi-Kurdish conflict and by analysing the
contradictions and incompatibilities between the two different
nationalisms: Iraqi and Kurdish. The author explains that Kurds as
a nation without a state have their own nationhood project which is
in opposition to the Iraqi nationhood project. Each has its own
identity, loyalty and sovereignty. The book answers the question as
to how the Kurdish quest for nationhood has been treated by
successive Iraqi regimes. Furthermore, it fills in the literary
gaps which exist in relation to the Iraqi-Kurdish conflict by
specifying and categorising the cardinal conditions that drive
ethnic and nationalist conflicts which lead to the creation of
separatist entities. Drawing upon a vast amount of untapped Kurdish
and Arabic primary sources, the book draws on prominent theories on
nation-states and quasi-states. It will particularly appeal to
students and scholars of international relations, political theory
and Middle Eastern Studies.
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