Alternative Political Projects of Territoriality and Governance during the Syrian War: The Caliphate Vs Democratic Confederalism

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dc.authoridBoyraz, Cemil/0000-0001-9586-6808
dc.contributor.authorBoyraz, Cemil
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:45:17Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:45:17Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractFollowing the Arab Spring and the Syrian war, two non-state actors, the Islamic State (IS; also known as ISIS or ISIL) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD), deployed their political projects of the caliphate and democratic confederalism, respectively, amid rising geopolitical interest in the Middle East. Beyond mobilising people on the battleground in Syria, these political projects led to comprehensive debates about the future of the Westphalian order of sovereignty, territoriality, and the state in the region, as well as the viability of the ideals of political and cultural pluralism. This article compares the potential of these projects. First, it explores whether these actors challenge the older forms of the state, territoriality, and sovereignty, or whether they reproduce them. Then, it discusses whether the political organisation and governance models of these two non-state actors have the capacity to solve the problems of democratic representation and cultural pluralism in the region. Finally, the potential impact of these projects is discussed by examining whether they could serve as a model or inspiration for new political ideas and arrangements in the region.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14650045.2020.1855580
dc.identifier.endpage1120en_US
dc.identifier.issn1465-0045
dc.identifier.issn1557-3028
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85097739393en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1095en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2020.1855580
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7500
dc.identifier.volume26en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000680674100007en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofGeopoliticsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectIslamic Stateen_US
dc.subjectRojavaen_US
dc.subjectGeopoliticsen_US
dc.subjectSovereigntyen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectPoweren_US
dc.subjectIraqen_US
dc.titleAlternative Political Projects of Territoriality and Governance during the Syrian War: The Caliphate Vs Democratic Confederalism
dc.typeArticle

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