The Kurdish Peace Process: Ideology, Interest, and the Regional Dynamics

The initiation of the ongoing Kurdish peace process has largely been attributed to domestic factors. Largely neglected, but no less important, is the regional context of the process. In this regard, the desecuritization of the Kurdish issue, burgeoning ties between the Kurdistan Regional Government and Turkey, and the outbreak of the Syrian crisis and its Kurdish dimension formed the regional context of the process.

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