The United States Foreign Policy Towards Kurds

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the role of Kurds in the US foreign policy towards the Middle East. This paper presents an alternative approach that pays attention to the role of non-state actors in the US foreign policy and interactions between the state and non-state actors. Our study claims that it is possible to investigate the impact of Kurdish opposition movements on US foreign policy by understanding how the foreign policy of Kurdish opposition movements as non-state actors is produced in interaction with international system, local system / order, identity and power relations. In this context, it is of particular importance to examine the nature, parameters and limits of the relationship between the Kurds and the US, the most influential state on the Kurds. As a result, it has been observed that ethnic opposition movements try to legitimize their actions against state power with their relations and discourses developed at an international level. On the other hand, it is argued that these movements are used as a leverage and implementer by the global powers.

Keywords

• The US,Kurds,KDP,PUK,PKK,PJAK,PYD-YPG

ABD’nin Kürt Politikası

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı ABD'nin Ortadoğu'ya yönelik dış politikasında Kürtlerin rolünü tahlil etmektir. Bu çalışma, devlet dışı aktörlerin ABD dış politikasındaki rolü ile devlet ve devlet dışı aktörler arasındaki etkileşimlere dikkat eden alternatif bir yaklaşım sunmaktadır. Çalışmamız Kürt muhalefet hareketlerinin ABD dış politikasında etkisini araştırabilmenin devlet dışı aktörler olarak Kürt muhalefet hareketlerinin dış politikasının uluslararası sistem, yerel sistem/düzen, kimlik ve güç ilişkileri ile etkileşim içinde nasıl üretildiğinin anlaşılması ile mümkün olacağını iddia etmektedir. Bu bağlamda, Kürtler ve Kürtler üzerinde en etkili devlet olan ABD arasındaki ilişkinin niteliğinin, parametrelerinin ve sınırlarının incelenmesi özel bir önem taşımaktadır. Sonuç olarak etnik muhalif hareketlerin uluslararası düzeyde geliştirdikleri ilişkileri ve söylemleriyle devlet gücüne karşı eylemlerini meşrulaştırmaya çalıştıkları gözlemlenmiştir. Öte yandan, bu hareketlerin de sistem içinde özellikle küresel güçler tarafından bir kaldıraç gücü ve uygulayıcısı olarak kullanıldığı tartışılmıştır

Keywords

• ABD,Kürtler,KDP,KYB,PKK,PJAK,PYD-YPG

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