Tag Archives: independence

A Suppressed Voice: The Continuing Conflict in West Papua

Posted on July 3, 2018

by Sandra Ivanov. Sandra Ivanov is from New Zealand with a postgraduate education in Peace and Conflict Studies. She was formerly a policy advisor in the New Zealand public service and now primarily works in the development sector. You can … Continue reading →

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How the United States and Iraq tried, but failed, to disband the Kurdish Peshmerga

Posted on September 23, 2017

by Paul Iddon. Coming Monday, September 25, 2017, the Iraqi Kurds will hold a referendum on the independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan and the adjoining disputed territories (see also Patrick Truffer, “The Kurds in Iraq: Is Their Pursuit of Autonomy … Continue reading →

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The Kurds in Iraq: Is their pursuit of autonomy a cause of conflict?

Posted on August 14, 2017

by Patrick Truffer. He has been working in the Swiss Army for more than 15 years, holds a bachelor’s degree in public affairs from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH Zurich), and a master’s degree in international … Continue reading →

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