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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; Kurdish Oil</title>
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		<title>New Turkish oil venture signals growing clout of Kurdistan</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/05/new-turkish-oil-venture-signals-growing-clout-of-kurdistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Middle Eastern socio-political landscape has unraveled in recent years, it has transformed the one-time frosty relations between the Iraqi Kurds and Turkey into one of the most important alliances in the region. The Arab Spring and the rapidly changing power makeup of the Middle East may have played a key part, but money [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdish oil exports, one remaining Baghdad noose that Kurds must break</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/03/kurdish-oil-exports-one-remaining-baghdad-noose-that-kurds-must-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest action by the Iraqi parliament to pass the national 2013 budget despite a boycott by Kurdish MPs is just the tip of the ice-berg in Iraq. Tensions have been brewing to dangerous levels between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad for some time and the lack of real intent to mend bridges and cool [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A long-term oil law, the making or breaking of Iraq</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/09/a-long-term-oil-law-the-making-or-breaking-of-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“This deal cannot solve all the problems currently but it is considered a good step,” Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani One of the greatest items of contention in Iraq has been a formula to share its immense oil wealth amongst its distrusted and fragmented ethno-social mosaic. Since oil was discovered in Iraq almost a century [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey and Kurdistan’s new focus on “what unites us rather than what divides us”</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/05/turkey-and-kurdistans-new-focus-on-what-unites-us-rather-than-what-divides-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the political gulf between Baghdad and Kurdistan continues to grow at a rapid rate, and Ankara revaluates its position in Iraq and the Middle East, the alliance between Turkey and Kurdistan assumes a new dawn. The Middle East crisis has meant that sectarian, political, economic and strategic tides have dramatically shifted. As Turkey’s “zero [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The growing strategic role of the KRG in the region</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/11/the-growing-strategic-role-of-the-krg-in-the-region/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/11/the-growing-strategic-role-of-the-krg-in-the-region/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once considered the “problem” of the Kurdish nationalist struggles in Turkey and Iran, the KRG is now a ray of hope for peace and mediation As a major Turkish military incursion into Kurdistan slowly wanes in the aftermath of the fierce national backlash that resulted from the deadliest PKK attack since 1993, attention needs to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As kingmakers, ensuring the right king is made is paramount to the Kurds</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/04/as-kingmakers-ensuring-the-right-king-is-made-is-paramount-to-the-kurds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Months of painstaking preparations for the national elections and weeks of the controversial counting of the votes are finally over. However, before the Iraqi political bandwagon ponders a breather, the real work starts now. The final election results encapsulated an enthralling, tense and close contest. This was a crucial milestone for the new Iraq and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>DNO dispute places an avoidable cloud on the Kurdistan Region</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/10/dno-dispute-places-an-avoidable-cloud-on-the-kurdistan-region/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/10/dno-dispute-places-an-avoidable-cloud-on-the-kurdistan-region/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a time when the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is actively seeking foreign investment and the strengthening of its relationships with major international partners, the DNO fiasco serves as a major blow to the region. The KRG has worked tirelessly to attract direct interest and investment predominantly in its oil sector, much to the dismay [&#8230;]]]></description>
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