The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq

Abstract

The Kurdish-inhabited region of northern Iraq is relatively peaceful and prospering economically, but the Iraqi Kurds political autonomy and political strength in post-Saddam Iraq is causing backlash in Arab Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. The Iraqi Kurds' ties to the United States and the U.S. drive to stabilize Iraq are increasingly less likely to help the Kurds to parry these challenges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 05, 2008
Accession Number
ADA479101

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Katzman

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Congress
  • Elections
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Kurds
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.