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The opening of a sizable U.S. consulate in Erbil represents a strategic shift in Trump's approach to Iraq, one that places a higher priority on long-term diplomatic influence concentrated in more stable geographic regions than on direct military engagement In an initiative that goes beyond conventional diplomacy, the United States opened a sizeable ...
... president. Although the president is mostly a symbolic office inside Iraq, it has more significance outside and has been effectively utilized by PUK leaders like senior member Barham Salih and late party leader Jalal Talabani to increase sympathy for Iraq's Kurds. Former parliament speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi , a Sunni politician, might follow suit, particularly considering Iraq's ties to the Gulf and other Arab nations. That would be useful, but it would damage Kurdish prestige. During Sudani's premiership,...
The disputes between Baghdad and Erbil now affect the essence of the Iraqi state itself and are no longer merely a Kurdish issue The strained relationship between Baghdad and Erbil is at the center of the ongoing conflicts in the Iraqi political landscape. In 2005, when the Kurds voluntarily took part in the creation of a new Iraq, this relationship started as a partnership founded on optimism. They believed that the constitution and federalism would secure the rights for which they had long battled and given their lives....
Challenges and Prospects of Disbandment The disbandment of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on May 12 raised questions about Turkey's military position in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region going forward. Analysts questioned if PKK members in Iraq's mountainous north will follow their central leadership's decision to disband the group. The PKK's demobilization in Iraq and the potential changes in Ankara, Baghdad,...
... region, and size, making it less resilient to any external intervention or internal crises. Kurdish Fears of a Strong Shiite Federal Entity in Iraq Ruslan Mamedov: Iraq in the World Dis(Order) Proposals that uphold the concept of federalism throughout Iraq is beneficial to the Kurds since it confirms the validity of their model in Kurdistan and establishes the idea of federal governance as an indisputable fact. However, considering potential challenges, they are cautious about the Shiite federal option. One of the main obstacles ...
... peshmerga -Islamic State (IS) war, while a case of a small, asymmetric one, further instigated US engagement with the Kurdish armed forces. Increasingly, state and non-state interactions can be seen to determine the making of politics: US relations with the Kurds of Iraq bear testimony to this. From 1994 onwards the US State Department increased active working with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) as a vital component of the Iraqi opposition. The leading Kurdish role in US plans for ‘regime change’ in Iraq,...
... single candidate for Kurds, as had been the practice since 2003. The very return of Salih to the PUK (he had quit the Union just before the election to form his own party) and the support he received as a presidential candidate were predictable. But the Iraq Kurds could not agree on a single candidate for president, which, again, exposed a division among the elites. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (Barzani clan, Erbil) nominated Fuad Hussein, the former President of Kurdistan Region. Evidently, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah ...
... again found itself on the brink of collapse. Although Kurdistan did not secede from Iraq, the republic, while formally remaining a federation, began, in reality, to drift toward confederation. And this was happening not only along the line dividing Kurds’ autonomy from the rest of Iraq, but also along the lines of the increased geographic dissociation between predominantly Shia and Sunni districts, and the latter development entailed elements of ethnic cleansing. The continuation of the processes threatened the collapse of the ...
... «Conflicts in the Middle East: Tools and Strategies for Settlement». This paper is devoted to analyzing the situation in the oil and gas market in Iraq and Syria, as well as the energy policy of Russia in the Arab Mashreq region. The authors also analyze Iraq’s oil prospects in the post-war period under sanctions against Iran. Special attention is paid to the Kurdish factor and the role the Kurds play in the future of energy in the region, the possibility of subregional integration in the Arab Mashreq and the increasing influence of Russian energy companies in regards to gas projects located in the Eastern Mediterranean. Russia’s Interests ...
Working Paper #46 / 2019 This working paper looks into the complex issue of Russia–Iraq relations. It provides a detailed analysis of the foundations of the bilateral ties between the two countries, Russia’s approach to the Kurdish issue, and the future of cooperation between Russia and Iraq now that both countries have completed ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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