An interesting article on Iran´s and Iraq´s energy politics, which gives some new background information to the recent conflict between the Trump administration and both these nations. Written by Robert Bryce, who I half-jokingly and half-seriously have dubbed "my favorite cornucopian".
There is one error in the article, though. The reason why the rivalry between Iran and Iraq is mostly gone, isn´t energy politics but a shared religion. Most Iraqis are Twelver Shia Muslims, and after the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein (who was Sunni Muslim), the Iraqi Shiites have been working to establish closer relations with their co-religionists in Iran. Right under the nose of both Bush and Obama! Trump sees the problem, but is probably unable to actually do anything about it...
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