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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.

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

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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

Kurdish political leader: Iran supports sectarianism, anti-semitism, and state and international terrorism

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

The Kurds and Federalism

David Romano

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...

KPRC on Demand

Panel Discussion: "Turkey’s Intervention in Rojava and Its Consequences" (September 9, 2016)
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