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Challenges to achieving independence for Kurdistan

Rand Kawa (International security expert; candidate for the Kurdistan Region Parliament (2018)) – a conversation dated 17 February 2018 on “Challenges to achieving independence for Kurdistan”. Format: written interview (blog). Interviewer: Historyczny ambasador (Igor Miasnikow).

  • 17 February 2018
  • A written interview published on the blog in English (17 February 2018) and in Polish (18 February 2018)
  • written interview (blog)

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FROM:
HISTORYCZNY AMBASADOR (IGOR MIASNIKOW)
TO:
RAND KAWA – International security expert; candidate for the Kurdistan Region Parliament (2018)
DATE:
17 February 2018
SUBJECT:
Challenges to achieving independence for Kurdistan
CONTEXT:
A written interview published on the blog in English (17 February 2018) and in Polish (18 February 2018)
FORMAT:
written interview (blog)

A conversation on the consequences of the independence referendum of 25 September 2017: the loss of Kirkuk and the disputed territories, the closure of the airports in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, and the differing approaches of the great powers to the Kurdish question. The interviewee stressed that the Kurds see a chance of independence only in cooperation with the United States; this point is quoted in the master's thesis.

No recording

Used in: master's thesis (2019)

Sources (3)
  1. Historyczny ambasador (blog Igora Miasnikowa), „Wyzwania dla osiągnięcia niepodległości przez Kurdystan [wywiad z ekspertem] (18.02.2018)” (opens in a new tab)
  2. Historyczny ambasador (blog Igora Miasnikowa), „The challanges for independent Kurdistan [Interview with an expert] (17.02.2018)” (opens in a new tab)
  3. Uniwersytet Gdański (maszynopis udostępniony przez autora), „I. Miasnikow, Geostrategia i projekty gospodarcze jako determinanty polityki zagranicznej Federacji Rosyjskiej w Eurazji, praca magisterska, Wydział Ekonomiczny UG, Sopot 2019 – sekcja „Wywiady autora oraz prelekcje ekspertów z organizowanych konferencji przez autora””

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