IRAQI KURDS’ INDEPENDENCE BETWEEN REALISM AND LIBERALISM

Abstract

in 2014 the serious changes took place in the Middle East and a new player appeared in the
Middle East called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also known the Islamic State in Iraq
and Levant (ISIL). Its aim was to pose a threat to US interests in the region. The study attempts
in this paper to shed light on the perspectives of both realists and liberals of American politicians
and academics who have an influence in the decision-making of US foreign policy on the
independence of Kurdistan from Iraq and to what extent they support this step?
The study found that the liberals to some extent support the establishment of the Kurdish state,
while the realists do not support the establishment of this state because it is not in the American
national interest to establish the Kurdish state under these complex circumstances. in addition,
the study founded that Establishing the Kurdish state at the present time facing many challenges,
such as the chaos that pervades the region, the opposition of neighbouring countries and Iraq to
such a step and finally the internal challenge Considered one of the most important challenges, as
Kurds lack unity