Kamaran Palani
@kamaranpalani.bsky.social
Principal Investigator of PeaceRep Iraq programme, LSE Middle East Centre
My latest: US policy in Syria and what it really means for Kurds across the region. www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.alja...
US abandoning the SDF has impacted Kurds across the region
The US is seen with growing suspicion within Kurdish communities and elites, which is changing political calculations.
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Is what is happening in Syria signaling the end of the preventing violent extremism research and policy programme? Over the past several years, I’ve conducted extensive research on violent extremism in Iraq and the region. This work shows that those who joined ISIS were never a monolithic group,...
Join us for the launch of Dr Malika Zeghal's latest book, The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa. 🗓️ 28 January ⏰ 7:00-8:30 pm 📍 Wolfson Theatre, LSE https://www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-centre/events/2026/the-making-of-the-modern-muslim-state
Iraq’s system endures not because of its structural efficacy but through the interaction of three mechanisms operating over time: Identity Reconfiguration, Legitimacy Erosion, and Priority Divergence.’ By Kamaran Palani www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How Power-Sharing Endures: Generational Change and Institutional Persistence in Iraq
This article examines how Iraq’s ethno-sectarian power-sharing system has continued despite significant generational change since 2003. Drawing on an online survey alongside structured group discus...
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I was quoted in this piece by Winthrop Rodgers: “The region has never really escaped the legacy of dictatorship, and in Syria, it has worsened. The old Baathist denial of Kurdish rights is back, now reinforced by ethnic chauvinism and religious extremism.”
Winthrop Rodgers@wrodgers2.bsky.social · 8mo agoNEW from me in @thenewarab.bsky.social: Kurds around the world are watching events in Aleppo and Iran with outrage and trepidation. They reinforce both the centrality of Kurds in the changes taking place in the Middle East and the precarity of their position. www.newarab.com/analysis/ale...
Two years ago, the fear of confronting Iran centered on its capacity to destabilise the wider region, from Beirut and Baghdad to Sanaa and Damascus. Today, the fight against the Islamic Republic is happening at home, in its very streets, exactly what the authorities worked for decades to prevent.
Join us on Saturday, February 14, for PeaceRep Iraq's final conference, 'Reframing Iraq: Power, Politics, and Paths to Inclusion'. @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social @peacerep.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk//middle-east...
NEW from me in @thenewarab.bsky.social: Kurds around the world are watching events in Aleppo and Iran with outrage and trepidation. They reinforce both the centrality of Kurds in the changes taking place in the Middle East and the precarity of their position. www.newarab.com/analysis/ale...
From Aleppo to Iran: A split-screen moment for Kurdish anxieties
Fighting in Aleppo and Iran’s protests reinforce both the centrality of Kurds in the changes taking place in the Middle East and the precarity of their position
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What happens to refugees when they can finally leave the camp? For PeaceRep–Iraq, @kamaranpalani.bsky.social examines the challenges residents of Syria's Al-Hol camp face attempting to integrate in Iraq blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/10/...
‘Life After Hope’: Integration Experiences of Families Returning from Al-Hol to Iraq - Middle East Centre
What happens to refugees when they can finally leave the camps? For PeaceRep–Iraq, Kamaran Palani examines the attempts to integrate in Iraq
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2) 'Why Kurds in Syria Are Unlikely to Follow the Iraqi Kurdistan Path to Autonomy' by @kamaranpalani.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/02/...
Why Kurds in Syria Are Unlikely to Follow the Iraqi Kurdistan Path to Autonomy - Middle East Centre
An intriguing aspect of the aftermath of the collapse of the Assad regime is the future the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Given the conflicts between the SDF and Turkish-sponsored Syrian...
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