Kamil Mahdi is an experienced analyst of Middle Eastern politics and economics, in particular the political economy of oil-exporting countries. Mahdi is secretary of the International Association of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, researching Iraq's economy, politics and modern history including the politics and economics of sanctions, conflict and occupation. His other interests include economic policy in Arab countries; Middle East agriculture and the socio-economics of agrarian change. Mahdi is currently an Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow at the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Birmingham, 1982.
Iraq’s Oil Law: Parsing the Fine Print
July 2007
If passed the draft Oil and Gas Law would represent a momentous shift in state policy and a reversal of measures begun in Iraq as far back as 1961 which culminated in the nationalization of the oil industry in 1972–75.
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