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Kurdish Peace Podcast

Kurdish Peace Institute 4 Episodes Jun 19, 2026

The Kurdish Peace Podcast is a project of the Kurdish Peace Institute. It features conversations with experts and practitioners about war and politics in Kurdistan, and how these issues interact with the Middle East and the wider world. The show explores just, democratic, and peaceful solutions to the challenges facing the region.

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KPI Event | The Rise of a Kurdish Alliance in Iran Jun 19, 2026 4371 This is a recording of a live Kurdish Peace Institute event held on June 18, 2026. The Trump administration is negotiating an end to the war with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Several critical issues remain unresolved in the negotiations. To be sure, the fate of the Iranian people remains deeply uncertain. Economic devastation, intensified political repression, and eroding state capacity have left

Why Erdogan Removes and Replaces Kurdish Mayors (with Dr. Lisel Hintz) Jun 4, 2024 1218 When we talk about the ‘Kurdish question’ in Turkey, two of the major problems being discussed are authoritarianism and anti-Kurdish racism. Kurdish people face state-sponsored discrimination and violence on the basis of their ethnic identity. They also lack access to meaningful democratic avenues by which to effect political change. A timely new paper by Dr. Lisel Hintz and Harun Ercan, “Permissi

Kurdish Local Democracy Stands Strong Despite Repression (with Ceylan Akça) Apr 4, 2024 2284 On March 31st, millions of voters across Turkey went to the polls to elect mayors and municipal councils. For the pro-Kurdish political movement and millions of Kurdish voters, the elections were particularly critical. Local democracy gives Kurds a chance at self-governance and an opportunity to implement policies that would be impossible to put into practice at the national level in Turkey's

KPI Event | Five Years After ISIS: What's Next in Northeast Syria? Mar 28, 2024 4634 This is a recording of a live Kurdish Peace Institute event held on March 26, 2024. In March 2019, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the U.S.-led Global Coalition Against Daesh captured the last ISIS-held territory in Syria, marking the territorial defeat of the caliphate. Since then, the United States has maintained a military presence in Syria in order to ensure the enduring defeat of the jihadis

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