Will the Iraq-Turkey Security Agreement Curtail Iranian Influence in Iraq?

This research is by Pinar F.K. Afeki of the Crook Institute for International Peace Studies at the Kew School of International Affairs at the University of Notre Dame and he worked as a journalist in Iraqi Kurdistan for 10 years.

It was published by the Stimson Center, founded in the last years of the Cold War in the United States, and translated by Dr. Nasr Muhammad Ali, a member of the team of the Iraq-Cuba Bulletin issued by the Iraqi Institute for Dialog.

Executive Summary:

The new security agreement between Turkey and Iraq reflects Turkey’s persistent hostile stance toward the PKK and Iraq’s need for water and economic development. Turkey's strong industrial foothold in the Middle East gives it the ability to expand market share, increase production, and increase profits – ultimately reducing inflation, boosting employment, and consolidating its economic base.

And for Erdogan, the development road project could, strategically, help Turkey and Baghdad erode Kurdish autonomy and weaken PKK resistance.

At a recent summit with Iraq, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in Turkey, officials discussed how to speed up the project, according to Turkey's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure.

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