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July 18, 2014 by PKR

ISIS advance spells opportunity for Kurdistan and foreign oil giants

Iraqi officials reported on Thursday that the Kurdistan Regional Government had begun pumping oil from two oil fields near the city of Kirkuk. The city itself, which has long been a site of contention between the Baghdad government and the KRG, fell under Kurdish control after Iraqi Army units withdrew last month. Since then, the […]

Filed Under: Disputes & Agreements, Foreign Investment, International Disputes/Dimensions of Sovereignty Tagged With: Iraq, KRG, Oil

January 6, 2014 by PKR

Iraq beefs up air force as Korea eyes global jet market

South Korea’s Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) made news recently with its biggest deal ever, a $1.1 billion sale of FA-50 light attack jets to the Iraqi air force. Under the deal, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) will deliver 24 FA-50 jets to the Iraqi Air Force between 2015 and 2016. The FA-50 is a light attack […]

Filed Under: Disputes & Agreements, Foreign Investment, International Disputes/Dimensions of Sovereignty Tagged With: Iraq, Korea, military, weapons

July 26, 2013 by PKR

Crocker: Keep Syrian conflict contained and in context

Ambassador Ryan Crocker, who has served in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, says that the current war between Bashar al-Assad’s regime and an array of opposition factions should be understood in the context of a three-decade-long regional conflict, rather than that of the “Arab Spring.” He also argues that the call for America to “do something” […]

Filed Under: International Disputes/Dimensions of Sovereignty Tagged With: Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria

May 20, 2013 by PKR

Challenges and considerable opportunities for investment in Iraq

For the Middle East Institute, Sujata Ashwarya Cheema takes a comprehensive look at the opportunities available for foreign investors in Iraq (highlights: favorable tax regime, high demand in many sectors), as well as the substantial challenges that impede investment (continued and unpredictable violence, an incomplete legal infrastructure, regional disputes over resources). This piece presents a […]

Filed Under: Foreign Investment, Incentives & Barriers Tagged With: Iraq

May 16, 2013 by PKR

Violence in Iraq: prelude to dissolution, or re-birth pains?

Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy looks at the violence threatening Iraq’s tenuous integrity, dismissing claims that the conflict can be reduced to “sectarian hatred” or spillover from Syria’s civil war. But the real driver of violence in Iraq is arguably Baghdad’s over-centralization of power, which came too soon and was […]

Filed Under: International Disputes/Dimensions of Sovereignty Tagged With: Iraq, Kurdistan

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