Part of
This anthology explores the contemporary
dilemmas confronting Afghanistan and the international community's role
post-August 2021, with the perspective that this carries global implications.
With chapters written by leading experts on Afghanistan, the anthology focuses
on issues of security, economics, the humanitarian situation, the human rights
situation of women and girls, intelligence, international law and diplomacy
towards Afghanistan, internal peace building processes, Taliban governance and
state-building, as well as the regional dynamics.
What characterises the development and social transformation of the military profession in Scandinavia? Has the broadening of tasks, function and scope of the military profession lead to changes in the values, outlook and behaviour of groups of the armed forces? Transformations of the Military Profession and Professionalism in Scandinavia brings together expert scholars within Military Studies and related fields to provide a timely and updated answer to these highly important questions.
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The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shocked the world when it entered the world stage in 2014. By seizing large territories in Syria and Iraq, its expansion within the Middle East seemed unrestrainable as the Iraqi Army fell apart and in Syria, various actors were caught up in a bloody civil war in the wake of the Arab spring.
With US support, the Syrian and Iraqi Kurds became the main stand against ISIS acting as boots on the ground. The Kurdish success against ISIS in both Syria and Iraq quickly won them acclaim from the West and rendered them the key ally in the continued US-led effort against ISIS. In Western media and among Western decision makers, the Kurds as an entity are highly praised for their role in this fight. In addition, their fight for human rights, gender equality, secular rule, and democracy has also been highlighted as key features in assessing Kurds as a homogeneous entity that almost naturally shares strategic interest with the West.
This book, as it sets out to paint a more comprehensive picture of the different Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq, concludes that these groups indeed have very different policy objectives and diverging regional partners of alliance thereby questioning the underlying assumption of a uniformed Kurdish entity. The book makes a significant contribution to a better understanding of the political goals, affiliations and rivalries of these important actors and Western allies in the Middle East.
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