Blar i Publikasjoner fra Cristin - NUPI på forfatter "Visser, Reidar"
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Basra Crude : The Great Game of Iraq's "Southern" Oil
Visser, Reidar (NUPI Working Paper;723, Working paper, 2007)Concepts like “Shiite oil” and “Kurdish oil” obfuscate the debate about Iraq’s energy resources. This paper starts from the proposition that it would be better to call a thing by its name: in terms of the size of reserves, ... -
Shi'i Separatism in Iraq : Internet Reverie or Real Constitutional Challenge?
Visser, Reidar (NUPI Working Paper;686, Working paper, 2005)This paper deals with non-conformist ideas among Iraqi Shi‘is about the territorial integrity of the modern state of Iraq. Two findings are presented. First, new Internet communications technology has enabled radical ... -
Sistani, the United States and Politics in Iraq : From Quietism to Machiavellianism?
Visser, Reidar (NUPI Working Paper;700, Working paper, 2006)This paper discusses the two prevailing interpretations of the political attitudes of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the leading Shiite cleric in Iraq today. It is argued that neither the traditional “quietist” ...