Iraq's future energy could also be Turkey's business opportunity
Article from: OGEL 2 (2007), in Iraq
Introduction
When Prime Minister Erdogan recently underlined that Iraq, rather than what the Brussels mandarins keep cooking up behind the curtains to slow down Turkey's march towards EU accession, tops our national agenda, it was by no means meant to downgrade the importance of this historic vocation. Indeed, he probably meant that the stakes were currently high; hence, many of the dynamics in Iraq would have deeper strategic implications, across its poorly guarded borders, on Turkey's future security, domestic stability, trade and investment ties, and, more importantly, ...