Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Department of History، College of Education، Koya University، Kurdistan Region of Iraq
2 Institute for Education and Development، Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Abstract
This research provides a theoretical framework for understanding how individuals living under dictatorship calibrate their political behaviors. The research illustrates the United States political agenda on the Iraqi Kurdish mass migration in 1991, due to the negative impact of the Saddam’s regime the Kurdish people started to run away from their lands toward the Turkish and Iranian borders. Nowadays the international relations are considered as the most effective power by most of scholars. This research contains of two academic chapters, chapter one clarifies the United States policy toward the Kurdish people in the time of mass migration. The second chapter clarifies the US policy toward the Kurdish people after the mass migration tragedy. Despite the traditional character of the Kurdish crisis, the United States planned to contain the region in anticipation of the potential security threats ahead to secure energy supplies first and devote its influence secondly. In the sense of controlling the areas capabilities and absolute control to the extent that it does not need any future international cover as it was keen to secure this cover in the Gulf War In 1991, the United States acted in the context of its presence in the region to act unilaterally to counter potential and perceived threats to US interests in Iraq.
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