Between Diplomacy and Non-Diplomacy

This 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.

Examines causes, constraints, motives, capability and capacities of Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine's foreign policies Offers a better understanding of paradiplomatic activities of de facto states as non-state actors Explores how and why both de facto states develop paradiplomatic activities and relations

Autorentext

Gülistan Gürbey is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Sabine Hofmann is Researcher and Associate Lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin, at Philipps Universität Marburg, and at Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany.

Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder is Professor emeritus at Freie Universität Berlin, and Universität Erfurt, Germany.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction.- PART I: The Rise of Paradiplomacy.- Chapter 2: The Evolution of Kurdistan-Iraq's Paradiplomacy: Causes and constraints.- Chapter 3: The Evolution of Palestine's Paradiplomacy: Causes and constraints.- PART II: The foundations of Paradiplomacy.- Chapter 4: Legal framework, institutionalization, tools and motivs of Kurdistan Iraq's Paradiplomacy.- Chapter 5: Legal framework, institutionalization, tools and motivs of Palestine's Paradiplomacy.- PART III: Paradiplomacy in Practise (selected relations).- Chapter 6: Palestine and USA.- Chapter 7: Kurdistan-Iraq and EU.- Chapter 8: Palestine and EU.- Chapter 9: Palestine and Russia.- Chapter 10: Kurdistan-Iraq and China.- Chapter 11: Palestine and China.- Chapter 12: Kurdistan-Iraq and Turkey.- Chapter 13: Kurdistan-Iraq and Iran.- Chapter 14: Palestine and Iran.- Chapter 15: Conclusion.