Could Kurdistan be the next new country on world maps?
We’ve had the break-up of the Soviet Union, the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and the bifurcation of Czechoslovakia and Sudan. The number of nation states seems to be growing fast in modern times.
It has long been the hope of the Kurds that they too will have a nation of their own. The Kurds are spread over several Middles Eastern countries, but Iraqi Kurdistan has had a measure of autonomy since 1991.
The current crisis in Iraq, provoked by the takeover of territory by ISIS, has led many to believe that the country is about to break up which would lead to Iraqi Kurdistan becoming an independent, oil-rich state.
This “Guardian” article published today is only the latest to speculate about such a development.