The Tri-Polar Balancing Act: Why Commerce and Infrastructure Dictate Iraq’s Geopolitical Energy Strategy
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s recent swing through Washington and Houston yielded 48 agreements with major U.S. firms—ranging from Halliburton and Shell to GE Vernova—signaling a potential $100 billion influx of foreign direct investment into Iraq’s energy sector. However, analyzing this development purely as a victory for Western commercial interest overlooks the structural dependencies that govern […]