Panel discussion with Mr. Ismail Beşikçi (November 26, 2018, Washington, D.C.)
The Evolving Geopolitics in the post-ISIL Middle East (November 14, 2018 Washington, D.C.)
June 10, 2016 at Cannon House Building.
Panel discussion with Mr. Ismail Beşikçi (November 26, 2018, Washington, D.C.)
Events
Nov 26, 2018
The Anti-Kurdish Paradigm: From Sykes-Picot to the September 2017 Referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan
The National Press Club - Holeman Lounge
529 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20045
Mr. Ismail Beşikçi is a renowned sociologist, Kurdologist, PEN Honorary Member and former Nobel Peace Prize candidate who caught the attention of international politics with his work on the Kurdish Question and the continuing struggle of Kurds including their right to self-determination in the age of nation-states. He is the author of numerous anthropological studies on the social stratification of Kurds and Kurdistan, which he portrays as an international colony under the occupation of Iran, Iraq, Syria Turkey.
Mr. Ismail Beşikçi will discuss the Kurdish struggle for independence from Sykes-Picot to the recent Independence Referendum held in Iraqi Kurdistan in September 2017 and the reasons behind the lack of support from the international community.
Nov 14, 2018
The Evolving Geopolitics in the post-ISIL Middle East
The National Press Club - First Amendment Lounge
529 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20045
The conference aims to bring together leading academics, journalists, commentators, politicians and policy makers to offer perspectives on the fast-evolving situation in the Middle East, and particularly on Kurdish people’s rise to political and military significance in the region against the backdrop of the fall of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the rise of Iran as the new regional power.
Panelists:
Ms. Ilham Ahmad, Senior Member of the Syrian Democratic Council
Mr. Ethem Coban, Research Associate, Public International Law & Policy Group; Coordinator, Kurdish Studies Network
Dr. Aykan Erdemir, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Dr. Amy Austin Holmes, Fellow, The Wilson International Center for Scholars; Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University
Mr. Bassam Ishak, President, The Syriac National Council in Syria
Dr. Najmaddin Karim, Former Governor of Kirkuk
Mr. Giran Ozcan, The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Representative to the US
Dr. David Pollock, Bernstein Fellow, Director of Project Fikra, The Washington Institute
Dr. Harold Rhode, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Gatestone Institute
Ms. Sarah N. Stern, The Founder and the President of Endowment for Middle East Truth
May 25, 2016
"The U.S. - Kurdish Collaboration in the Course of Reshaping the Middle East"
The National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20045
Analysis & Commentary
November, 2017
Kurdistan Conflict and Crisis Research Center
Financial Impasse Between Kurdish and Iraqi Governments
Kurdistan Conflict and Crisis Research Center (KCCRC) hosted Ahmed Haji Rasheed, Iraqi MP and Head of Parliament financial Committee on 8th November 2017. Below you will find the transcript and the summary of an interview with him and the most important questions and answers as it is prepared by KCCRC. more...
May 26, 2017
News Room - Washington Kurdish Institute
On May 25, The Kurdish Policy Research Center held its second annual conference, “The U.S.-Kurdish Collaboration in the Course of Reshaping the Middle East.” The day-long conference involved panel discussions — comprising think tank experts, Kurdish lawmakers, and other public figure — on the situation of the Kurdish people in Iran, Syria, and Turkey. more...
July 10, 2016
KPRC Research - Politics & Elections
US Foreign Policy vis-à-vis the Kurdish Independence Referendum
Marianna Charountaki
The exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, following the Referendum of 23 June 2016, paves the way for a new era of collective individualism – a return to the international political setting ante. more...
June 2, 2016
News Room - Rûdaw
Why Parliamentary Immunity Must be Upheld
David Romano
In most democratic systems, parliamentary immunity protects legislators from prosecution for a host of possible offences. Offences which parliamentarians cannot be prosecuted for include defamation, libel, “supporting terrorism” and a host of other possible transgressions. more...
May 6, 2016
KPRC Research - Politics & Elections
When the Kurds of Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) recently declared a "Federation of Northern Syria" that unites their three Kurdish majority cantons, a lot of criticism followed. more...
April 28, 2016
KPRC Research - Politics & Elections
Kurds in the Changing Middle East: Opportunities and Challenges
Mehmet Gurses
The Kurds, the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East, are often referred to as the largest “stateless nation” in the world. more...