The West's darling in Syria: seeking support, the Kurdish Democratic Union Party brandishes an anti-jihadist image

Oweis, Khaled Yacoub

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dc.contributor.author	Oweis, Khaled Yacoub	de
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-02T11:41:55Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-02T11:41:55Z
dc.date.issued	2015	de
dc.identifier.issn	1861-1761	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/45511
dc.description.abstract	US bombings in 2015 repulsed Islamic State attacks on cities in mostly Kurdish self-rule regions called cantons in northern Syria. The three cantons, which border Turkey, are dominated by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD). The party is linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a former client of the Syrian regime and considered a "terrorist" group by the United States, the European Union, and Turkey. At the risk of deepening an Arab Sunni backlash that has fanned radicalization, Washington is set ever more on the prospect of the PYD retaking mostly Arab territory captured by the Islamic State. In line with German reluctance to arm warring sides, Berlin has refrained from giving military aid to the PYD, which is accused of carrying out war crimes. Still, an international effort to rebuild the cantons tied to breaking the PYD's monopoly on them could help stabilize the area - even more so if Turkey could be brought on board. (author's abstract)	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.title	The West's darling in Syria: seeking support, the Kurdish Democratic Union Party brandishes an anti-jihadist image	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet	de
dc.description.review	reviewed	en
dc.source.volume	47/2015	de
dc.publisher.country	DEU
dc.publisher.city	Berlin	de
dc.source.series	SWP Comment	de
dc.subject.classoz	Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy	en
dc.subject.classoz	Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Syrien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Syria	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Kurdistan	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Kurdistan	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bürgerkrieg	de
dc.subject.thesoz	civil war	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Islamismus	de
dc.subject.thesoz	islamism	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politischer Konflikt	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political conflict	en
dc.subject.thesoz	ethnischer Konflikt	de
dc.subject.thesoz	ethnic conflict	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Separatismus	de
dc.subject.thesoz	separatism	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Araber	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Arab	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Kurde	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Kurd	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Türkei	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Turkey	en
dc.subject.thesoz	internationale Beziehungen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	international relations	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Sicherheitspolitik	de
dc.subject.thesoz	security policy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Konfliktregelung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	conflict management	en
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dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung	de
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications	en
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dc.type.stock	monograph	de
dc.type.document	Stellungnahme	de
dc.type.document	comment	en
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