Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel » KRG Baghdad Relations https://bashdar.co.uk Freelance Writer, Political Analyst\Editor, Middle East, Iraq Thu, 10 May 2018 16:53:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 As oil deal with Baghdad threatens to unravel, Kurdistan must decide – is oil to be their curse or treasure? https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/03/as-oil-deal-with-baghdad-threatens-to-unravel-kurdistan-must-decide-is-oil-to-be-their-curse-or-treasure/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/03/as-oil-deal-with-baghdad-threatens-to-unravel-kurdistan-must-decide-is-oil-to-be-their-curse-or-treasure/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:00:36 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=697 https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/03/as-oil-deal-with-baghdad-threatens-to-unravel-kurdistan-must-decide-is-oil-to-be-their-curse-or-treasure/feed/ 0 Unsatisfied with a raging war with Sunni militants, Maliki launches new front against the Kurds https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/unsatisfied-with-a-raging-war-with-sunni-militants-maliki-launches-new-front-against-the-kurds/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/unsatisfied-with-a-raging-war-with-sunni-militants-maliki-launches-new-front-against-the-kurds/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:00:42 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=622 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/unsatisfied-with-a-raging-war-with-sunni-militants-maliki-launches-new-front-against-the-kurds/feed/ 0 After two Maliki terms and broken promises, wary Kurds keep “all options on the table” https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/05/after-two-maliki-terms-and-broken-promises-wary-kurds-keep-all-options-on-the-table/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/05/after-two-maliki-terms-and-broken-promises-wary-kurds-keep-all-options-on-the-table/#comments Mon, 19 May 2014 00:00:15 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=598 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/05/after-two-maliki-terms-and-broken-promises-wary-kurds-keep-all-options-on-the-table/feed/ 0 Maliki’s economic siege of Kurdistan shows that the only true friend of the region is the Kurds himself https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/malikis-economic-siege-of-kurdistan-shows-that-the-only-true-friend-of-the-region-is-the-kurds-himself/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/malikis-economic-siege-of-kurdistan-shows-that-the-only-true-friend-of-the-region-is-the-kurds-himself/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:00:59 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=578 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/malikis-economic-siege-of-kurdistan-shows-that-the-only-true-friend-of-the-region-is-the-kurds-himself/feed/ 0 Kurdish oil rift with Baghdad – not just a case of economy but political leverage and autonomy https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/02/kurdish-oil-rift-with-baghdad-not-just-a-case-of-economy-but-political-leverage-and-autonomy/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/02/kurdish-oil-rift-with-baghdad-not-just-a-case-of-economy-but-political-leverage-and-autonomy/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:00:55 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=576 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/02/kurdish-oil-rift-with-baghdad-not-just-a-case-of-economy-but-political-leverage-and-autonomy/feed/ 0 Will yet another electoral term in 2014 lead to any real change on Kirkuk and article 140? https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/11/will-yet-another-electoral-term-in-2014-lead-to-any-real-change-on-kirkuk-and-article-140/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/11/will-yet-another-electoral-term-in-2014-lead-to-any-real-change-on-kirkuk-and-article-140/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:00:42 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=546 https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/11/will-yet-another-electoral-term-in-2014-lead-to-any-real-change-on-kirkuk-and-article-140/feed/ 0 Kurdistan oil pipeline cuts the remaining umbilical cord of Baghdad https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/11/kurdistan-oil-pipeline-cuts-the-remaining-umbilical-cord-of-baghdad/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/11/kurdistan-oil-pipeline-cuts-the-remaining-umbilical-cord-of-baghdad/#comments Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:55 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=540 https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/11/kurdistan-oil-pipeline-cuts-the-remaining-umbilical-cord-of-baghdad/feed/ 0 Kurdistan to Maliki – your last (last) chance? https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/06/kurdistan-to-maliki-your-last-last-chance/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/06/kurdistan-to-maliki-your-last-last-chance/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:43 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=502 https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/06/kurdistan-to-maliki-your-last-last-chance/feed/ 0 Kurdish oil exports, one remaining Baghdad noose that Kurds must break https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/03/kurdish-oil-exports-one-remaining-baghdad-noose-that-kurds-must-break/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/03/kurdish-oil-exports-one-remaining-baghdad-noose-that-kurds-must-break/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:07 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=481 https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/03/kurdish-oil-exports-one-remaining-baghdad-noose-that-kurds-must-break/feed/ 0 Just how disputed are “disputed territories” in Iraq? Time to let a full nationwide census doing the talking https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/12/just-how-disputed-are-disputed-territories-in-iraq-time-to-let-a-full-nationwide-census-doing-the-talking/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/12/just-how-disputed-are-disputed-territories-in-iraq-time-to-let-a-full-nationwide-census-doing-the-talking/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:56 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=448 https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/12/just-how-disputed-are-disputed-territories-in-iraq-time-to-let-a-full-nationwide-census-doing-the-talking/feed/ 0