Dastan Jasim

Focusing primarily on Iran’s role, this analysis concludes that even in a best-case scenario of total democratic political change in the KRI, the the realities of the international system put the power to prevent malign intervention by neighboring states largely out of local hands.

This paper shows that the last hundred years of Kurdish political movements have strongly influenced the civic culture of Kurds. Overall, this paper finds that being Kurdish has a strong positive effect on support for democracy versus autocracy in all three countries.

The demands of the protesters for regime change are a clear manifestation of the deep frustration and the loss of hope for reform among the Iranian public and seem to signal that the time is ripe for comprehensive change.

Nicht Erdbeben töten, sondern schlecht gebaute Häuser. Die Menschen in der Türkei fodern nun Rechenschaft. Ein Artikel von GIGA-Forscherin Dastan Jasim.

The government in Ankara has a history of instrumentalising natural disasters for political gain – particularly against Kurds. The response to the twin earthquakes on February 6 appears to be the latest instalment in this tradition.

Organiser: Amadeu Antonio Foundation Dastan Jasim (Speaker)

Präsentation in der Fachtagung "Doppelt Unsichtbar - die organisierte türkische Rechte in Deutschland"

Organiser: Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg Dastan Jasim (Speaker)

Paper presentation at the conference: "Diaspora and Indigeneity: Intersections of Modern Jewish, Kurdish, and Amazigh History"