APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from August 2008

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from August 2008

Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 30 - Iraq's Resource Nationalism.
August 25, 2008... Resource nationalism in Iraq now is so strong that none of the opportunities being offered to rebuild the country's petroleum sector will be properly exploited in the near future. The proposed petroleum law remains in suspense, awaiting another...

Iraqi Nationalists' Letter To IOC Shareholders.
August 25, 2008... The following is the text of a letter posted since late May 2008 at nationalcoordinator@uslaboragainstwar.org: and addressed to the "Shareholders of ExxonMobil and Chevron Corporations and All Peace Loving People of the World From: Hassan Jum'a...

Rice In Baghdad.
August 25, 2008... Visiting Baghdad, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Aug. 21 met with PM Maliki and discussed the text of a long-awaited security agreement to govern the presence of American troops in Iraq - with Washington on Aug. 23 denying that the...

Maliki's Over-Confidence & Implications For Sunnis.
August 25, 2008... US officials have been concerned that Maliki had become "over-confident" about his Shi'ite led government's ability to manage without US combat troops and moving against Iraq's Sunni minority. Colin Kahl, a fellow at the Centre for a New...

UN Deal Over Kirkuk.(Brief article)
August 25, 2008... The UN special envoy to Iraq Staffan de Mistura on Aug. 20 said he would by end-October present a list of proposals to resolve the conflict over the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and other disputed regions in northern Iraq. The objective, he said,...