Dr Loqman Radpey is an independent researcher, based in Scotland. Over the past decade, he has written extensively about the legal status of the Kurdistan question and the application of international law to the right to self-determination of the Kurdish nation. Routledge is publishing his monograph, titled “Towards an Independent Kurdistan: Self-Determination in International Law.” The book represents the first comprehensive historico-legal account of the treatment of Kurdish aspirations to an independent Kurdistan (i.e., statehood) within post-World War I peace agreements and the broader discourse of self-determination in international law literature over time. He has also made contributions to various press outlets, including ABC News, The National, Medya News, and Zeit Online.