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  • Oil and Borders: How to Fix Iraq’s Kurdish Crisis

    Oil and Borders: How to Fix Iraq’s Kurdish Crisis

    September’s independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan has pushed Baghdad to take control of Kirkuk and its oil fields from Kurdish control. To avert the threat of further direct confrontation, the two sides must agree to a reinvigorated UN-led effort to settle longstanding disputes over i..

  • Oil: The Stuff of Mass Delusion

     Oil: The Stuff of Mass Delusion

    Military primacy, and the routine use of deadly military force, remains the cornerstone of US foreign policy in the Middle East. The 2015 nuclear non-proliferation accord with Iran represents a rare yet fleeting bright moment for diplomacy in a region where wars—in Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen—..