Publications

Current Ongoing Research Projects

• Interfaces between International and Domestic Water Law in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin: Contextual and Comparative Analysis of Water Laws in Iraq and Turkey. (Joint Article)

• Iraqi-Iranian Comparative National Water Laws: Prospective approaches to achieve transboundary water settlement under the International law. (In Arabic) Completion date: 01-04-2016. (Joint Article) Koya University, Koya, Erbil-Iraq.

Journal and Book Chapter Publications

· Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad. (2015). ‘State Sovereignty and Shared Water Resources under the Islamic Legal Tradition.’ In A History of Water: Sovereignty and International Water Law: V.2: Series 3, I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd.

· Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad. (2013). ‘Water Law in Iraq: The Present Model for Water Resources Protection’, in Kibaroglu, A. et al. Water Law and Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Region: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach, Brill, Germany.

• Ambika Vishwanath, Ayşegül Kibaroğlu and Yadgar Ahmmad, ‘The Blue Peace’, Insight Turkey, ISSN 1302-177X: pp. 41-47.

· Yadgar K Ahmmad. Legislations on Water Resources in Iraq: An Overview of Basic Legal Features. Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, August 2012. Athttp://www.mpil.de/en/pub/archive/projekte_2010_11/globaler_wissenstransfer/water/dok/nationales_recht/irakisches_wasserrecht.cfm.

· Stephen Dow, Ishrak Ahmed Siddiky, and Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad. ‘Cross-Border Oil And Gas Pipelines and Cross-Border Waterways: A Comparison Between the Two Legal Regimes.’ J World Energy Law Bus (2013) 6 (2): 107-128. First published online at http://jwelb.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/2/107 February 8, 2013, by Oxford University Press.

· Yadgar K Ahmmad and Ishrak C Siddiky: Cross-Border Oil and Gas Pipelines and Cross-Border Waterways: Energy Security Versus Water Security? OGEL 3 (2011), in Pipelines, at http://www.ogel.org/article.asp?key=3129.

Other short articles for newspapers and magazines

· Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad. Iraqi-Turkish Water Diplomacy, (25 May 2015), Revolve Water, at http://www.revolve-water.com/iraqi-turkish-water-diplomacy/

· Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad. Can conspiracy influence oil price? May 2015, Kurdish Globe, at https://www.kurdishglobe.net/article/8F6E4E9DEF13792B2A9D62C2C2BA1512/Can-conspiracy-influence-oil-price-.html

· Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad. Does regional instability dictate the price of Oil? May 2015, Kurdish Globe, at https://www.kurdishglobe.net/article/2DC5D767B4E0300AC0F4A6EBE66794C7/Does-regional-instability-dictate-the-price-of-oil-.html

· Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad. Will the oil price see 85 USD again? What goes wrong this time? May 2015, Kurdish Globe, at https://www.kurdishglobe.net/article/6ED65EBEEFE29E800F8C993EC4346C9C/Will-the-oil-price-see-85-USD-again-What-will-go-wrong-this-time-.html

· Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad. To My Minister of Higher Education . December 2010, Kurdish Globe, at https://www.kurdishglobe.net/article/E79617DF82167BB96E8F44B008E79BB4/To-My-Minister-of-Higher-Education.html

· Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad, Iraqi-Turkish Water Diplomacy , Revolve, Water, at http://www.revolve-water.com/iraqi-turkish-water-diplomacy/

· Dr Yadgar Ahmmad, الدبلوماسية البنّاءة للمياه بين العراق وتركيا... تمرّ عبر كردستان (Arabic) on Al-jumhoriyat newspaper, 11/06/2015, at http://www.aljoumhouria.com/news/index/238271

· Dr Yadgar Ahmmad التشريعات المتعلقة بحماية الموارد المائية في العراق: نظرة سريعة على ميزاته القانونية الاساسية. معهد ماكس بلانك للقانون العام المقارن والقانون الدولي، هايدلبرغ، ألمانيا، أغسطس 2012 http://www.mpil.de/en/pub/archive/projekte_2010_11/globaler_wissenstransfer/water/dok/nationales_recht/irakisches_wasserrecht.cfm

· “Supporting Coordination And Cooperation In Water Management In The Euphrates And Tigris Region”. March-October 2014.

This report was prepared for SIWI. Co-authors: Prof. Dr. Patricia Wouters, Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Kibaroğlu, and Dr. Yadgar K Ahmmad.

Conference Papers and Seminars

· Iraq's National Water Legislation May 2012

Conference Paper: Iraq’s National Water Legislation: Significant Features, ETIC Conference Paper presented on 2/05/2012, Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

· Iraq’s National Water Legislation, A Quandary By Choice or Ignorance Mar 2012

Seminar Paper: Iraq’s National Water Legislation, A Quandary By Choice or Ignorance, Seminar Paper presented to University of Dundee on 22/03/2012

· Seminar Paper: KRG’s Oil Review, Seminar Paper Presented to University of Dundee on 21/3/ 2012.

· KRG’s Current and Future dilemma in oil sector June 2013

· Seminar Paper: Seminar Presented to Kurdish Community in Peterborough on 22/6/ 2013.

· KRG’s Oil Review: How Petroleum Contracts Work in Kurdistan Region. March 2012

Interviews

• Iraq-Turkey The Perils of Mixing Oil and Water Nov 2013 Interview: Energy Compass, Vol. XXIV, No. 47, November 22, 2013, www.energyintel.com

• Middle East: Water, Water…Not Everywhere May 2014

Interview: Energy Compass, May 2, www.energyintel.com Link: http://www.energyintel.com/pages/searchresult.aspx

• KRG’s Current Petroleum Legal Paradoxes April 2014

Radio Komal, Suleymaniyah Branch, a 45 minute interview and discussions on Radio on the current petroleum paradox on 17/04/2014