Relationship in Crisis: Identifying Strategies for Kurdistan and Iraq to Re-establish Cooperation in the Context of Energy Dependency

... within the constitutionally mandated timeframe. Since the regional elections in October 2024, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the two main political parties, have been unable to reach consensus on the selection ... ... The second legal front, in which the oil ministry of the Iraqi federal government is suing the Kurdistan region for oil and gas contracts it linked with US companies, has enormous economic implications. Despite pressure from the US President Donald ...