Iraqi Kurdistan region : a path forward / Sasha Toperich, Tea Ivanovic, Nahro Zagros, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Toperich, Sasha, editor.

Ivanovic, Tea, editor.

Zagros, Nahro, editor.

Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Center for Transatlantic Relations.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--Iraq--Politics and government--21st century.

Kurds.

Kurds--Iraq--History.

History.

Politics and government.

Iraq--Politics and government--2003-.

Iraq.

Kurds--Politics and government.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Center for Transatlantic Relations, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, [2017]

Contents:

Introduction / Sasha Toperich, Tea Ivanovic and Nahro Zagros

Part I: Contemporary Kurdistan

1. From revolutionary movement to an institutionalized administration / Falah Mustafa

2. Keeping the Kurdistan flame alove abroad / Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman

3. Protecting Kurdistan : Peshmerga before, during, and after ISIS / Sirwan Barzani

4. Kurdistan's political landscape and the path towards independence / Ranj Alaaldin

5. Why it is time for an independent Kurdistan region of Iraq / Gazang Bradosti

6. Questions arising before and after independence / Michael M. Gunter

Part II: Humanitarian crises

7. Displacement and forced camps as a civilizing offensive / Ibrahim Malazada

Part III: Multiculturalism

8. Kurdistan region of Iraq's ethnic and religious communities : the need for power-sharing and genuine partnership / Dlawer Alalddeen

9. The emergence of a nation state and the question of ethno-religious minorities / Muslib Mustafa and Kamal Y. Kolo

10. The role of civil society organizations in youth development / 11. A talking story / Stafford Clarry

Part IV: Economic prosperity in Kurdistan

12. Economic diversification and reconstruction / Ali Sindi

13. Oil and the creation of nation state : the Kurdistan region at a crossroads / Kamal Y. Kolo

14. From a curse to blessing : Kurdistan's oil and natural resources / Ashti Hawrami

15. Agriculture and water resources in the Kurdistan region of Iraq / Abdulsattar Majeed Qader

Part V: Case studies

16. Christians and religious freedom / Bashar Matti Warda

17. Yezidis and justice / Pari Ibrahim

18. The culture of Yezidis / Luqman Sulaiman Mahmood

19. Humanitarian work in the Kurdistan region : historical development and new challenges / Dilshad H. Khidhir, Mariette Hägglund, and Awat Mustafa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780990772132

0990772136

OCLC:

1005670812

Publisher Number:

99977319675