Add to ORKGIn 2017, the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI) overwhelmingly voted to become an independent country. However, there was no declaration of independence. In this video, I explain why Iraqi Kurdistan didn't break away, despite clear support for statehood. Welcome to Independent Thinking. A channel dedicated to international relations, independence disputes, secession and the origins of countries. It is often said that the Kurds represent the largest ethnic group in the world without their own national state. Despite having come close to statehood in the aftermath of the First World War, to this day there is no independent Kurdistan. However, in 2017, it looked as if the Iraqi Kurds were on the verge of declaring independence. A referendum held in ...
The Kurds in Iraq have won the international community’s trust as they have been part of the solutio...
Published: 01 July 2017The Kurds are the largest territorially concentrated ethnic group in the worl...
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In September 2017, the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq held a referendum asking its people if th...
The promotion of nation-states and the spread of people’s right to self-determination have led to th...
The collapse of the Ottoman Empire brought about significant changes for the political structure of ...
This paper addresses the dilemma faced by the Kurds in Iraq: press for independence or sustain auton...
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This essay, written by invitation of The Globe Post on the occasion of the Kurdish referendum on ind...
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Since 2003, Iraq went into a significant shift of political authority in which many political partie...
For centuries, Kurds have been carrying out activities aimed at obtaining their own state. Due to th...
On 25 September 2017, voters in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and disputed areas controlled by Kurdis...
On 25th September 2017, the eligible voters of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq were given the opportuni...
The Kurds in Iraq have won the international community’s trust as they have been part of the solutio...
Published: 01 July 2017The Kurds are the largest territorially concentrated ethnic group in the worl...
The Kurds are the largest stateless ethnic group in the world, numbering around 30 million globally,...
In September 2017, the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq held a referendum asking its people if th...
The promotion of nation-states and the spread of people’s right to self-determination have led to th...
The collapse of the Ottoman Empire brought about significant changes for the political structure of ...
This paper addresses the dilemma faced by the Kurds in Iraq: press for independence or sustain auton...
Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) held a non-binding independence referendum on 25 Septembe...
This essay, written by invitation of The Globe Post on the occasion of the Kurdish referendum on ind...
Despite the growing interest in the study of de facto states, our understanding of the conditions un...
Under which conditions do some nations and de facto state actors with relative power assert their st...
Since 2003, Iraq went into a significant shift of political authority in which many political partie...
For centuries, Kurds have been carrying out activities aimed at obtaining their own state. Due to th...
On 25 September 2017, voters in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and disputed areas controlled by Kurdis...
On 25th September 2017, the eligible voters of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq were given the opportuni...
The Kurds in Iraq have won the international community’s trust as they have been part of the solutio...
Published: 01 July 2017The Kurds are the largest territorially concentrated ethnic group in the worl...
The Kurds are the largest stateless ethnic group in the world, numbering around 30 million globally,...