Implications of Turkish Invasions in Rojava for American and European Foreign Policies

Veysi Dag
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Veysi Dag: University of London, the United Kingdom

The Commentaries, 2023, vol. 3, issue 1, 51-69

Abstract: This paper examines how Turkish invasions into Northern Syria’s Kurdish enclave undermine US and European policy objectives. It argues that the Turkish state, obsessed with Kurdish hostility, endangers American and European foreign policies by further destabilising war-torn Syria, facilitating the empowerment of Islamist extremist groups, impeding a peaceful resolution to Syria’s protracted conflict, and assisting Russia’s anti-Western interests. The paper suggests that the US and Europe could rather deploy a dual strategy aimed at exerting pressure on Turkey to discontinue its disruptive and belligerent actions. To cease targeting anti-ISIS Kurdish forces, Turkey must either resume the Kurdish-Turkish peace process or risk being designated as a rival state, analogous to Russia, and subjected to punitive sanctions.

Keywords: Syrian Conflict; Turkish Invasion; Kurdish Autonomy; US Policy; EU policy; Terrorism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.33182/tc.v3i1.2951

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