Forging Alliances with Adversaries: Kurdish Strategies, External Sponsorship, and the Politics of Nationalist Legitimacy

• In Event: Ethnicity & Diversity

Brief Overview

This study explains why Kurdish parties ally with former adversaries. Using neo-classical realism and constructivism, it shows how survival needs and legitimacy narratives drive alliances that balance internal rivals and preserve nationalist identity

Author

• Soran Tarkhani, Hampton University