Jaseb Nik far; Mahdi Mahidashti
Volume 4, Issue 14 , December 2015, , Pages 167-197
Abstract
Oil is one of the main issues of concern between the KRG and the Iraqicentral government which has gained growing attention in recent years. Thisissue has developed extensive dimensions during the past recent years whichled the divergence between the KRG and the central government anddeepened the existing ...
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Oil is one of the main issues of concern between the KRG and the Iraqicentral government which has gained growing attention in recent years. Thisissue has developed extensive dimensions during the past recent years whichled the divergence between the KRG and the central government anddeepened the existing gap increasingly. Much of the tension goes back to thementality and concepts on which both sides have agreed according to whichthey try to act. In this research we seek to investigate the issue, which couldbe called the second crisis of Iraq’s oil, to see what strategies and plans theKRG adopts for its oil production under its own control. The hypothesis ofthe study suggests that since socio-political structures of Kurdistan havealways evolved around the concept of "autonomy and independence", theissue of oil can be used as an economic catalyst in line with these definitions.In this study, the descriptive-qualitative method and the theory ofconstructivism is applied for analysis.
