Tabla de Contenidos: “…List of Illustrations v -- About the Authors vii -- Acknowledgements ix -- Acronyms xi -- Introduction 1 -- Aim of the Book 2 -- Research Design 2 -- Structure of the Book 5 -- PART ONE: The Syrian Kurds 7 -- The Kurdish Supreme Committee 7 -- Kurdish National Council Post KSC 10 -- Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian Democratic Council 12 -- Syrian Democratic Forces' Major Military Campaigns 14 -- Rojava Proclaims Federalism 16 -- Reported Affiliation between PKK and PYD/YPG 19 -- International Actors' Positions toward the Syrian Kurdish Groups 21 -- Likely Side Effects from Continued/Enhanced Support to the SDF 24 -- PART TWO: The Iraqi Kurdistan Region 27 -- The Origins of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the KRG 27 -- The Kurdish Regional Government in Post-Saddam Iraq 29 -- The Economic Downfall of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region 32 -- ISIS Attacks Kurdistan - The Fall of Sinjar 34 -- The Iraqi Kurdish Capture of Kirkuk 35 -- The State of Press Freedom in Iraqi Kurdistan 35 -- Iraq's Political Development Post-ISIS 36 -- Relationship with Turkey 39 -- The Fallout of the Kurdish Region's Independence Referendum 40 -- Conclusion: Internal Kurdish Coherence 45 -- Iraqi Kurdistan 45 -- Northern Syria 46 -- iv Internal Kurdish Coherence -- Kurdish Transnational Coherence 46 -- Policy Implications 50 -- Epilogue 51 -- Literature 53.…”