David Romano, professeur au Missouri State University, donnera cette conférence sous la présidence de Mélanie Cambrezy et avec les commentaires de Samir Saul. Dr. Romano nous parlera de son plus récent ouvrage, édité avec Mehmet Gurses. La conférence sera en anglais.

"In Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria, central governments historically pursued mono-nationalist ideologies and state policies of repressing Kurdish identity. As evidenced by the unrest and the number of Kurdish revolts that erupted in all these states since the 1920s, however, the Kurds manifested strong resistance towards the ethnically exclusivist national policies of Ankara, Teheran, Baghdad and Damascus.
Have Kurdish revolts and efforts to maintain or strengthen their identity provided these states the justification and means to pursue authoritarian and repressive policies in general? By the same token, can meaningful democratization and liberalization in any of these states occur without a fundamental change vis-à-vis their Kurdish minorities? To what extent does the Kurdish issue function as both a barrier and key to democratization in four of the most important states of the Middle East?
While many commentators on the Middle East stress the importance of resolving the Arab-Israeli dispute for achieving “peace in the Middle East,” this book asks whether or not the often overlooked Kurdish issue may constitute a more important fulcrum for change in the region, especially in light of the “Arab Spring” and recent changes in Turkey, Iran and Syria."

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