An Enigmatic Insurgency: An Analysis of the Syrian Kurds' Campaign from mid-2014 to mid-2017
Speaker: John Holland-McCowan, Research Fellow, International Security Program
In the U.S.-led coalition's campaign against ISIS in Syria, the controversial and understudied Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have served as the tip of the spear. This seminar will present what underpinned the Syrian Kurds' remarkable success from mid 2014 to mid 2017 before discussing the broader implications for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East
Everyone is welcome to join us online via Zoom! Click here. Meeting ID number: 596848662