Anglo-american discussion regarding the question of oil consession distribution in Iraq (1918–1928)

The historiography of the problem of the evolution of international relations in the Middle East during interwar era as well as the impact of the oil factor on this particular matter consists an extensive number of studies. The scientific researches of the Soviet period, written with accordance to the principles of historical materialism and political economy, substantiated the paramount importance of the economic factor role towards the international situation, as well as the specificity of the socio-political model of development of the states in the region. Modern Russian historical science is attempting to reconsider Marxist tradition by applying the systematic approach and new methods of historical analysis. They are who made an important contribution to the study of the development of the oil industry in the Middle East, as well as to the theoretical explanation of the regional and international policy factors of the leading states in this period. Within the problem presented for consideration in this study, an attempt was made to highlight the main stages of the international dialogue around the issue of organizing oil extraction and redistribution of the oil products market in the territory of Mandate Iraq during the specified time period. The relations between two key subjects of the world politics of the interwar period, the USA and Great Britain, which became the leitmotif of the negotiation process on the issue of Iraqi oil, had a significant impact on the formation of the world political and economic conjuncture in the foreseeable time perspective. The scientific significance of the theme is derived from the need for a multilateral, complex study of the Anglo-American aspect of the Versailles-Washington system of international relations. Theoretical comprehension of these circumstances, in turn, seems promising in the field of identifying the underlying factors and reassessing the already known ones determined the evolution of Anglo-American relations in the period between the two world wars. In turn, the analysis of the diplomatic сooperation of the US and UK in the Middle East allows us to determine this region’s specific role in the overall structure of international affairs.