Ahead of our forthcoming second report on Iraq’s water resources, we spoke with Eckart Woertz, Director at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies and Professor for contemporary history and politics of the Middle East at the University of Hamburg. In 2014, Dr. Woertz published Oil for Food: The Global Food Crisis and the Middle East. A detailed analysis of the political ec
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The Iraq Index is a statistical compilation of economic, public opinion, and security data. This resource will provide updated information on various criteria, including crime, telephone and water service, troop fatalities, unemployment, Iraqi security forces, oil production, and coalition troop strength. The index is designed to quantify the rebuilding efforts and offer an
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Iraq Petroleum Virtual Conference: The Established Meeting Place for Iraq's Oil & Gas Industry - 20 – 21 October 2020 Virtual Event For over 14 years, Iraq Petroleum has continued to be the main independent platform for Iraq's oil and gas industry, engaging and responding to existing and future challenges. Working in collaboration with the Federal Government of Iraq, t
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A typical Iraqi individual From the outset, let me say that I am an Iraqi in every sense of the word. My one goal in life was to pursue a career in energy as a petroleum engineer and serve my country. Despite several setbacks in my younger years, I secured my dream job, but it came at a cost. In 1971, I was sentenced to death in absentia on trumped-up charges that led to
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Iraq’s New Prime Minister and the Challenge of Change A Conversation with Kanan Makiya Organized and edited by David Siddhartha Patel, Associate Director for Research The largest and most sustained demonstrations in Iraq’s post-Ba‘th era began in early October 2019, which led to the resignation of then Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi. After five months without a govern
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