Regional Politics: Shifting Alliances Amid Rising Instability

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Panel: Regional Politics: Shifting Alliances Amid Rising Instability

Successive Iraqi governments have attempted to forge constructive diplomatic ties with a range of regional powers, including Iran & the GCC. How will the ongoing conflict in the Middle East shape Iraq’s position vis a vis its neighbors? More generally, how are alliances and diplomatic relations across the broader region changing as a result of the present turmoil?

Speakers: 

  • H.E Qasim Al-Araji (National Security Advisor of Iraq) 
  • Abdulaziz Sager (Chairman of Gulf Research Center) 
  • Khalil Shirgholami (Vice President of Research at Institute For Political and International Studies) 
  • Maria Fantappie (Head of MENA Program at Instituto Affari Internazionali) 
  • Bader Al-Saif (Assistant Professor of History at Kuwait University) 

Moderator: 

  • Sajad Jiyad (Fellow at Century International) 

 

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