The European Union and the Kurdish Issue:The EU as a Rational and Normative Actor:23 (United Nations University Series on Regionalism, 23)

by: Zana A. Kurda (Author)

Publisher: Springer
Edition:1st ed. 2022

Publication Date: 12 Aug. 2022

Language: English

Print Length: 192 pages

ISBN-10: 3031051858

ISBN-13: 9783031051852

Book Description

This book focuses on the European Union as an actor involved in the transnational Kurdish issue covering Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. It demonstrates that, instead of being simply a humanitarian actor in the issue, the EU has considered its bilateral interests with the four states in question as well as its extent of acceptance in approaching the Kurdish issue. It has combined its traditional humanitarian/normative consideration with its geopolitical interests in relation to strategies related to the four states. This book provides a unique perspective on the EU as an actor in the Kurdish issue and from a wider perspective, it provides interesting insights into the EU’s interactions with geopolitics, which has become the topic of a lively scholarly debate in recent years. The book is a resource for researchers and students studying the European Union as a global actor, and for govemental or non-govemental professionals dealing directly with, or having interest in, the EUand/or Kurdish affairs.