... 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... ... 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... ... 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...
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 ...
... February 2016. Yet, Russia’s support was far less important than the American’s military assistance to YPG, which has included weapons, airstrikes, and dispatching of Special Forces for training and combat support. Moscow’s help to the Kurds reflected deep hesitations within Russian Middle Eastern policy as what to do with the Kurdish question. Should Russia go ahead and support Rojava – the self-established Kurdish federal entity in Northern Syria – with the risk of feeding the implosion of Syria and Iraq, or should ...