Safaa Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 Iraq’s Development Road: Geopolitics, Rentierism, and Border Connectivity - Carnegie Middle East Center - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (carnegie-mec.org) KEY THEMES The Development Road is an Iraqi project seeking to create a road and railway infrastructure connecting the Persian Gulf with Türkiye through Iraq, thereby benefiting from Iraq’s geography and multiple borders. The Development Road is an attempt to introduce a new development model to stabilize Iraq politically and mitigate the harmful consequences of its rentier economy. The main hinderances to the project’s success are the difficulty of securing sustainable funding for such a megaproject and rampant inefficiency and corruption in Iraqi state institutions. The potential for insecurity and instability may discourage investors in the Development Road and countries seeking to benefit from it. Iraq must find a place for the project amid regional geoeconomic and geopolitical rivalries and as competing trade connectivity projects are being put forward. Several countries have the ability to disrupt Iraq’s plans to implement the project, notably Türkiye, Iran, and Kuwait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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