Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Dr Renad Mansour, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Programme and Director of the Iraq Initiative at Chatham House. For years, Iraq has pursued a strategy of multi-alignment, explains Dr. Mansour, carefully maintaining relations with both Iran and the United States to avoid being drawn into regional conflict. However, Iraq’s capacity to remain neutral is diminishing, as the US-Israeli war on Iran threatens political and economic stability across the Middle East.

'Hit by both sides': US war on Iran threatens Iraq's 'careful strategy of multi-alignment'
Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Dr Renad Mansour, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Programme and Director of the Iraq Initiative at Chatham House. For years, Iraq has pursued a strategy of multi-alignment, explains Dr. Mansour, carefully maintaining relations with both Iran and the United States to avoid being drawn into regional conflict. However, Iraq’s capacity to remain neutral is diminishing, as the US-Israeli war on Iran threatens political and economic stability across the Middle East.
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