The impact of oil & gas facors on the economical and political stance of Kurdistan Region Government /Iraq

Abstract

The status of the Kurdistan Region means the political, economic and geographical balance of the Kurdistan Region at the local, regional and international levels. The oil and gas factor has a direct impact on the political and economic situation of the Kurdistan Regional Government, the local oil and gas factor that has a direct impact on the lives and livelihoods of the people, as much as the Kurdistan Regional Government has a direct impact on the lives and livelihoods of the people, and it is related to salaries and filling the existing financial needs On the sale of oil and the amount of money it receives in cash from the federal government after the free treatment of the regional government with oil and gas, which is a new problem between the region and the federal government, and in sum, this affects the overall political system in the region. At the regional level, the Kurdistan Regional Government borders Turkey, Iran and Syria, and Kurdistan's oil is officially exported and sold through Turkish territory, and therefore the Turkish state has the most political and economic relations with the Kurdistan Region, which has the effect of oil and gas factors at the regional level in political and economic relations With neighboring countries in general and Turkey in particular. The United States and Russia are the two largest countries on the international scene that have the greatest impact on the Kurdistan Region, and some American and Russian energy companies operate in the Kurdistan Region, so the Kurdistan Region has become an important place for these two global countries. The Kurdistan Region has been able to establish relations with these two major countries through oil and gas factors, but the relationship comes within the framework of the US and Russia's foreign policy in exchange for other countries such as Turkey, Iran and Syria.