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Book SynopsisThis book compares the involvement of Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine (Palestinian Territory of the West Bank and Gaza Strip) in international relations from the viewpoint of their practical performance. In particular, it provides an overview over the current Kurdish and Palestinian paradiplomatic activities and their practical performance in terms of their capabilities, capacities and practical achievements. The contributing authors analyze the evolution of paradiplomacy, the domestic legal and institutional framework, the goals, instruments, and capabilities of Kurdish and Palestinian paradiplomacy, and selected foreign relations. The book identifies the similarities and differences between the paradiplomacy of Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine with regard to a set of guidelines: causes, legal foundations, institutionalization, predominant motives, practical implementation, and outcomes of paradiplomacy. It provides empirical explanations about how and why Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine develop and practice paradiplomacy and contributes to a better understanding of Kurdistan-Iraq’s and Palestine’s involvement in international affairs and their activities.
Table of Contents1. Introduction
Gülistan Gürbey, Sabine Hofmann, and Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder
PART I: The Rise of Paradiplomacy
2. The Evolution of Kurdistan-Iraq’s Paradiplomacy: Causes and constraints
Francis Owtram
3. The Evolution of Palestine’s Paradiplomacy: Causes and constraints
Mkhaimar Abusada PART II: The foundations of Paradiplomacy
4. Legal framework, institutionalization, tools and motivs of Kurdistan Iraq’s Paradiplomacy
Falah Mustafa Bakir and Sara D. Mustafa
5. Legal framework, institutionalization, tools and motivs of Palestine’s Paradiplomacy
Dalal S. M. Iriqat
PART III: Paradiplomacy in Practise (selected relations)
6. Palestine and USA
Khaled Elgindy
7. Kurdistan-Iraq and EU
Dastan Jasim
8. Palestine and EU
Emile Badarin
9. Palestine and Russia
Raid M. H. Nairat and Ibrahim Rabaia
10. Kurdistan-Iraq and China
Sardar Aziz and Mohammed Shareef
11. Palestine and China
Guy Burton
12. Kurdistan-Iraq and Turkey
Arzu Yilmaz
13. Kurdistan-Iraq and Iran
Nader Entessar
14. Palestine and Iran
Seyed Ali Alavi
15. Conclusion
