Hadi Elis: Kurdistan…Between Geopolitics & Empire
Geopolitics & Empire
Geopolitics & Empire
4.2 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
Hadi Elis discusses the history of Kurdistan and the many geopolitical headwinds pushing and pulling the Kurds today in the Middle East. Nationalism in the region post-WWII has tended to become more aggressive. He describes Saddam’s use of chemical weapons against Kurds, Erdogan’s dream of recovering the caliphate, Muslim Brotherhood, Turkish false flag operations against the Kurds, Turkey as a narco-state, Syria, Israel-Gaza, and more.
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About Hadi Elis
Hadi Elis was a Spokesperson for the Canadian Kurdish Federation from 2004 to 2015. He has worked with Government officials, and departments, mostly Foreign Affairs officials, including Prime Ministers. He has written 100+ articles and attended several domestic and international conferences such as OSCE even as an international observer.
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| 1:31.8 | Joining us is Hadi Ellis, who was a spokesperson for the Canadian Kurdish Federation from 2004 to 2015. |
| 1:40.3 | He's worked with government officials, departments, mostly foreign affairs officials, including prime ministers. |
| 1:45.2 | He's written 100 plus articles and attended several domestic and international conferences such as OSCE as an international observer on the Kurdish question. |
| 1:56.4 | Welcome to geopolitics and empire, Heidi. |
| 1:59.1 | You're welcome. Thank you very much. |
| 2:01.3 | So I found you on the ex-Twitter sphere, and you are a prolific commentator, and you are |
| 2:10.9 | Kurdish, and I've never treated this topic. |
| 2:13.7 | You know, over the many years, I've done some very light reading in my studies of |
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