Tag: Iraq

U.S. sees only “modest success” in return of refugees to northern Iraq, USAID official says

By Joe Snell on October 1, 2019 Iraq, modest success, refugee, U.S. Agency for International Development, US

The U.S. has had only “modest success” in encouraging the return of refugees to Iraq’s Nineveh Plain and Western Nineveh, according to an official on the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Conflicts and Terrorism International Relations

US must maintain a strong diplomatic and military presence in Iraq to counter Iran’s influence, experts say

By Apoorva Mittal on October 1, 2019 Diplomatic relations, Iran, Iraq, u.s. military

To counter Iran’s growing influence in the Middle East, experts from the State Department and the Pentagon say that the U.S. must maintain a strong diplomatic and military presence in neighboring Iraq.

International Relations

The geopolitics of fracking

By Marisa Endicott on May 26, 2016 conflict, energy, extraction, fracking, fuel, gas, geopolitics, hydraulic fracturing, international relations, Iraq, market, Middle East, oil, politics, shale boom, USA

While recent debates over hydraulic fracturing have remained mostly in the domestic sphere, the significant geopolitical effects of this huge shift in fuel production continue to play out.