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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/iraq-in-the-wake-of-the-iran-war-go
 vernance-security-and-economic-challenges/
SUMMARY:Iraq in the Wake of the Iran War: Governance\, Security\, and Econo
 mic Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Where: Zoom Webinar\n\nThe US-Israeli war on Iran has placed ne
 ighboring Iraq under serious political\, security\, and economic strain. I
 ran-affiliated groups in Iraq have targeted US interests\, drawing retalia
 tory strikes on Iraqi territory. While the memorandum of understanding bet
 ween the United States and Iran to end the war and reopen the Strait of Ho
 rmuz could ease pressure on global energy markets\, the broader regional e
 scalation\, including attacks on Gulf oil and gas infrastructure and disru
 ptions to maritime transit\, has already strained Iraq’s oil-dependent e
 conomy.\n\nTo assess the war’s consequences for Iraq\, Arab Center Wash
 ington DC and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown Un
 iversity are organizing a critical webinar to explore the governance\, sec
 urity\, and economic challenges facing the country. The discussion will ad
 dress the Muhassasa system and ethnosectarian divisions\, the role of Iran
 -affiliated groups and the question of disarmament\, the economic toll of 
 energy disruption\, corruption\, and oil dependence\, and the impact of US
  policy on Iraq’s stability and future trajectory.\n\nWelcoming Remarks:
  Tamara Kharroub (Deputy Executive Director &amp\; Senior Fellow\, Arab Ce
 nter Washington DC)\n\nPanelists\n\n 	Zahra Ali (Associate Professor\, Dep
 artment of Sociology and Anthropology\, Rutgers University)\n 	Lahib Higel
  (Senior Analyst for Iraq and Interim Deputy Program Director for the Midd
 le East and North Africa\, International Crisis Group)\n 	Renad Mansour (D
 eputy Director\, Middle East and North Africa Programme\, Chatham House)\n
  	Ahmed Tabaqchali (Chief Strategist\, Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) Iraq Fu
 nd\; Senior Fellow\, Institute of Regional &amp\; International Studies (I
 RIS)\, American University of Iraq-Sulaimani)\n\nModerator: Joseph Sassoon
  (Professor of History and Political Economy and al-Sabah Chair in Politic
 s and Political Economy of the Arab World\, Center for Contemporary Arab S
 tudies\, Georgetown University)
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CATEGORIES:Activism,Arab American,Arab Politics,Arab Region,Iran,Iraq
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