Middle East Policy Council

Topics

Energy

Journal Essay

The Politics of Kurdish Crude

Denise Natali, Spring 2011

The entry of ExxonMobil into the Kurdish oil market has sent shock waves throughout Iraq's energy sector and its political ...

Continue Reading

Journal Essay

Israel's Energy Security: Regional Implications

Gawdat Bahgat, Fall 2010

In March 2010, the United States Geological Survey estimated a mean of 1.7 billion barrels (bbl) of recoverable oil and ...

Continue Reading

Journal Essay

Sudan's Islamists and the Post-Oil Era: Washington's Role after Southern Secession

Harry Verhoeven and Luke A. Patey, Fall 2010

This January, the people of southern Sudan gave a resounding yes vote in their referendum on independence. The result leaves ...

Continue Reading

Commentary

Interview with Thomas Mattair on Iran

Al-Jazeera Television, August 21, 2010

Middle East Policy Council Executive Director Thomas Mattair was interviewed by Al Jazeera. In this interview, he ...

Continue Reading

Hill Forum

Gulf Oil and Gas: What are the Producers Thinking?

Federal News Service, April 22, 2010

THOMAS MATTAIR:  Well, I think we can start now.  I’m sure more people will trickle in.  I’m Tom Mattair.  I’m ...

Continue Reading

Speech

China and the Global Resource Balance

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.), July 25, 2007

Next year will mark the thirtieth anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's liberation of the Chinese people. In 1978, he replaced ...

Continue Reading