Rethinking State-Non-State Alliances - Change and Continuity in the U.s.-Kurdish Relationship

Rethinking State-Non-State Alliances explores how the Kurds' interactions with the U.S. transformed them into a considerable player in the Middle East while addressing how these transformations reshape the U.S. foreign policy. The book investigates the agency of non-state actors by putting the U.S.-Kurdish relationship within the broader International Relations context.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Weak States and Strong Non-States: An Analytical Framework for Understanding Armed Non-State Actors in the Middle East
Chapter 2: The Kurds and the U.S. during the Cold War: A Proxy Relationship
Chapter 3: The Kurds and the U.S. in the Post-Cold War Era: Towards a Strategic Partnership
Chapter 4: The Kurds and the U.S. in the Twenty-First Century: A U.S-Kurdish Alliance?
Conclusion: Change and Continuity in the U.S.-Kurdish Relationship

About the author

By Ozum Yesiltas

Product details

• Authors: Ozum Yesiltas
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781793645913
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-591-3
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms