Following Iraq’s parliamentary elections in May 2018, Iraqi representatives are struggling to form their new government. Raad Alkadiri, senior director at the BCG Center for Energy Impact and a senior associate with CSIS, sat down with Sarah Ladislaw to discuss key issues on government formation in Iraq, the priorities for the next government, and geopolitical influence from the U.S. and Iraq’s neighbors. Also discussed: prospects for the energy sector and how disputes with the Kurds are affecting oil production.