Abstract Almost all minority ethnic groups in Kazakhstan are immigrants. This means that addition to their current place of residence, (their “Second Homeland”), they also have a origin “Historical Homeland”). The leadership the country has approached this situation, which offers opportunities as well dangers, by explicitly exhorting official representations minorities nurture contacts with His...

The paper analyzes the Kurdish issue in present-day Iraq and how it affects today’s constellation of forces Middle East. Emphasis is placed on Israeli-Iraqi relations ties. First, state Israel has supported Iraqi Kurds their struggle to gain greater autonomy within Iraq, finally independence, since its inception. Secondly, shows history they developed. Namely, what role did once play Israels co...

This paper reports the results of a pilot study into 'Turkish' Migrants in London. Drawing on notions of 'superdiversity', 'invisibility' and 'nodal points' (where migrants' actions intersect with policy), the account first maps out the three main constituent groups under study: Turkish Cypriots, 'mainland' Turks, and Kurds from Turkey. The main analytical part of the paper consists of an exami...

Conflict narratives, having at their core the belief that the ingroup suffered more than the outgroup (competitive victimhood), are key in maintaining conflicts. Three experiments conducted with Jewish Israelis (Study 1), Turkish Kurds (Study 2), and Americans (Study 3) tested whether conflict narratives can reduce conflict. Studies 1 and 3 showed that people respond to inclusive victimhood nar...