POL SCI 139 Lecture 14: Bordenkircher Lec 7.2
15 Nov 2016
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Reagan plan: solving the arab-israeli conflict, in jeopardy from lebanon"s conflict. Khomeini and iran challenge sunni states and putting themselves as a leader of the shi"a people (also sunni people, but to a lesser extent) Ottoman empire, bordering qajar, division of middle east. Turkey divided into territories w/ different european influences. Kurds divided by countries in iraq, iran, turkey, and presently syria. Kurdish national identity > eventually become their own nation. Independence movement > pushed greeks out > treaty lausanne (1923) official turkish borders taking kurdish state. Intra-confessional politics and inter-confessional > religious politics w/in and the other is w/ others. Faisal not welcomed > made groups fight each other (kurds vs. shi"a) to stay in power > made hope for kurds" independence. Kurdish revolts against faisal, w/ british help stopped. Northern iraq has a lot of oil, where the kurds are. Iraqi territory is new (1920) lead by faisal, a king from the british (british mandate of.
