| ID | 130938 |
| Title Proper | Turkey-KRG energy partnership |
| Other Title Information | assessing its implications |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Morelli, Massimo ; Pischedda, Costantino |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Ten years after the U.S. invasion and two years after the complete withdrawal of American forces from its soil, Iraq faces a number of challenges to its long-term stability and development. These range from corruption to poor public services, from rising terrorist violence to ethnosectarian tensions in the context of a complex power-sharing system. An important, but often overlooked, aspect of Iraq's political scene concerns the dispute between the federal government and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) over the management of the country's and the Kurdish region's natural resources and over appropriate revenue-sharing mechanisms. The parties have been stuck in a costly political stalemate for the past few years, as the absence of a federal hydrocarbon law has discouraged international investment in Iraq's natural resources, and oil extracted from KRG-controlled fields has had only intermittent access to international markets. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle East Policy Vol.21, No.1; Spring 2014: p.107-121 |
| Journal Source | Middle East Policy Vol.21, No.1; Spring 2014: p.107-121 |
| Key Words | Kurdish Regional Government - KRG ; Turkey ; Energy Partnership ; United States - US ; Rising Terrorist ; Terrorist Violence ; Political Stalemate ; International Investment ; International Markets ; Federal Hydrocarbon Law ; Power Sharing System ; Natural Gas ; Energy Sources ; Energy Policy ; Energy Needs ; Energy Supply ; Economic Prosperity ; Economic Growth ; Economic Pressure ; Energy Strategy ; Energy Security |