Samya Kullab, Contributor
Samya Kullab is a senior correspondent at Iraq Oil Report, based in Baghdad and Erbil. She covers security, politics, and energy in Iraq, and has previously written about Syria and Lebanon. She is also the author of the award-winning graphic novel Escape from Syria.
Thanassis Cambanis, Senior Fellow and Director of Century International
Thanassis Cambanis is an author, journalist, and director of Century International. His work focuses on U.S. foreign policy, Arab politics, and social movements in the Middle East.
TCF World Podcast: How Is Iraq Managing Its Oil?
Iraq is the second-largest OPEC oil producer, believed to have huge unexploited reserves that will make the country increasingly rich as it modernizes its decrepit energy infrastructure.
Iraq holds a strategic position at the center of regional rivalries, and is perhaps the only country that maintains close security, political, and economic relations with Iran, the United States, Saudi Arabia, and other competing powers. The underdeveloped oil sector underlies much of Iraq’s significance, wealth, and potential power in the region.
An expert in Iraq’s oil sector and the international companies that compete for contracts in Iraq, Samya Kullab gives an overview of Iraq’s burgeoning oil sector, and its intersection with policy.
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Tags: foreign policy, iraq, foreign oil