Justin Dargin
Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
November, 2009
Securing the Peace: The Battle over Ethnicity and Energy in Modern Iraq
Working Paper
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
This article examines the legal and political impediments to the Kurdish Regional Government's (KRG) exploration and production contracts, which the central government in Baghdad has refused to recognize. The newly established Iraqi national constitution significantly opened as many petroleum-control questions as it resolved. Negotiated in 2005, the constitution not only separated branches of government, but established Federalism as its lodestar. When faced with unresolved issues over regional and national control over petroleum resources, however, International Oil Companies (IOCs) function in an ambiguous legal environment that fails to clearly distinguish between federal and regional powers.
December 6, 2011
Justin Dargin speaks about energy output in Kuwait
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Justin Dargin speaks with industry periodical Natural Gas Daily about energy output, both oil and gas, in Kuwait. The article focuses on the disappointing oil exports of the nation, but also about the potential for gas production in the region.
November 21, 2011
Justin Dargin talks about energy in Qatar with Interfax
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Justin Dargin, Dubai Initiative Associate, speaks with Interfax Energy Services about Qatar's new Minister of Energy and Industry and domestic long-term natural gas production and consumption.
October 27, 2011
Justin Dargin Interviews with AMEinfo.com (Arabic)
Media Feature
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Associate Justin Dargin speaks with AMEinfo.com, the Middle East's business and finance news resource, in an interview on how the current Eurozone crisis will influence the global energy sector.
September 12, 2011
Qatar Trades Support of Libyan Revolution for Oil and Gas
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Associate Justin Dargin is quoted in AMEinfo.com, the Middle East's business and finance news resource, in an article about how Qatar's early support of the Libyan revolution has led to increased influence in the Libyan energy sector.
July 24, 2011
Saudi Arabia and Iran Competing for the Asian Market
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin is quoted in AMEinfo.com, the Middle East's business and finance news resource, about the growing competition between oil exporters Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Asian market.
June 21, 2011
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq: The race for oil dominance
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin speaks to Ameinfo.com, the Middle East business and finance news resource, about the apparent split among OPEC members Saudi Arabia and Iran over the output of oil following the disruptions from the recent Arab uprisings. While Saudi Arabia wants an increase in oil production, Iran's interest lies in maintaining the high oil prices.
In the Arabic article, Dargin discusses the impending game-changer in oil politics, Iraq. He further elaborates on the strength of Saudi Arabia's oil reserves in maintaining a dominant role in the oil trade.
May, 2011
The Gulf Natural Gas Dual Pricing Regime: WTO Rules and Economic Growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Book
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Stakeholders in the international economy have long considered energy a crucial aspect of national sovereignty - a commodity inherently political in nature. Because of its contentious nature, energy and natural resources have been the source of conflicts for a millennia. With the sharp increase of the international price of oil and natural gas from 2002-2008, energy subsidization in the energy-rich exporting countries assumed center stage. A narrow focus on this new dynamic, however, obscures the basic issue that developed and developing countries tend to view energy in fundamentally contradictory ways. For developed, OECD countries energy is primarily a tool used to promote the smooth running of the global economy. This new book discusses the role and development of energy in emerging regions.
November, 2009
Securing the Peace: The Battle over Ethnicity and Energy in Modern Iraq
Working Paper
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
This article examines the legal and political impediments to the Kurdish Regional Government's (KRG) exploration and production contracts, which the central government in Baghdad has refused to recognize. The newly established Iraqi national constitution significantly opened as many petroleum-control questions as it resolved. Negotiated in 2005, the constitution not only separated branches of government, but established Federalism as its lodestar. When faced with unresolved issues over regional and national control over petroleum resources, however, International Oil Companies (IOCs) function in an ambiguous legal environment that fails to clearly distinguish between federal and regional powers.
March 27, 2009
"A Model Presentation for a "Post-Oil" World"
Media Feature
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Listen to Justin Dargin discuss the "post-oil world" on Chicago's Radio Islam here
