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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: What the Kurdish Independence Referendum Means for the Middle East
Description: People in Kurdish region of Iraq have voted overwhelmingly for independence in a popular referendum that took place in late September. No country in the region wanted this referendum to happen--and neither did the United States, with whom the Kurds have been a longtime ally. Soon after the results were announced, the Iraqi government and other countries in the region like Turkey and Iran threatened retaliatory measures. Â The implications of this referendum and its fallout are still unfolding, and here to help me make sense of what this referendum was all about and how it may impact the p...