Abstract:

This article explores the political history of the Kurdish question in Iraq. It starts by giving a short historical background to the issue, and moves on to explain Kurdish demands and past attempts to resolve the problem, both militarily and peacefully. It then gives an account of the idea of autonomy as understood by various Iraqi governments and Kurdish leaderships. The article also concentrates on the obstacles hindering and obstructing a lasting, peaceful solution to the problem. Finally, it offers the writer’s suggestions for bridging the gap between the Arabs and Kurds in Iraq in general, and the various Kurdish leaderships and the central government in particular.

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Keywords:

The Kurdish question

Iraq

historical background

future settlement

federal solution

Notes:

 (*) Contemporary Arab Affairs, Vol. 1 No. 1, January 2008; (pp. 25-41) DOI: 10.1080/17550910701773119
Published By : University of California Press Journals
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(**) Saad Naji Jawad: College of Political Science, University of Baghdad, Iraq

Email: alsaatisaad@yahoo.com


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