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Russia’s Interests in the Arab Mashreq: Analyzing the Future of Oil and Gas in Iraq and Syria

RIAC Working Paper № 48/2019 RIAC Working Paper № 48/2019 This working paper was prepared by the Russian International Affairs Council as part of the RIAC’s project on «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 ...

21.10.2019

Armed Conflict in Syria and its Implications for the World Oil and Gas Market

... Syria. In summer 2013 the situation worsened as a result of a chemical attack in suburban Damascus. While some countries’ leaders called for military intervention in the Syrian conflict, Russia proposed establishing international control over Syria’s chemical weapons. The international community currently pins its hopes on the Geneva II peace conference scheduled for January 22, 2014. The Middle East and World Energy Market Oil-rich countries in the Middle East that boast the world’s largest hydrocarbon deposits account for almost 54 percent of proved oil reserves and 40 percent of proved natural gas reserves (the author’s estimate, based on the Annual Statistical ...

26.11.2013

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