Najat S. Kurdish factor in International Relations

Object - a wide range of issues related to the Kurdish issue in the Middle East, affecting different levels and spheres of international relations; purpose - to determine the characteristics of the influence of the Kurdish factor on the politics of both the Middle and Middle East and non-regional players; methods - comparative-historical, political-descriptive, periodization method, statistical, case-stage method, content analysis, forecasting, extrapolation; novelty - the features of the Kurdish factor in the context of the Iraqi and Syrian crises, its impact on China's policy, the dynamics of EU policy on the Kurdish issue have been comprehensively studied; results - prognostic scenarios for the development of the situation in the Middle East with regard to the Kurdish factor have been proposed; arguments in favour of adjusting and optimizing the key foreign policy approaches of regional states and non-regional actors to the Kurdish issue in the Middle East have been presented; it is introduced in a research sphere, educational courses on political science; fields - vocational training, the theory of politics, political practice. Keywords: Kurdish factor, Kurdistan, national minority, Middle East, non-regional actors.