تطور العلاقات العراقية الكويتية بعد عام ٢٠١١ و آفاقها المستقبلية

Abstract EN

During the past period, Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations faced many problems that affected the stability of political and economic relations between the two countries.

The roots of these problems go back to the circumstances of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and to the period of the American occupation of Iraq in 2003 and the resulting security and political repercussions that have affected In the stability of Iraq's relations with neighboring countries, including Kuwait, as well as the survival of many outstanding contentious issues between the two countries, they remained unresolved and were often renewed between the two parties, most notably the issue of borders and navigation, which had a negative impact on the development of Iraqi Kuwaiti relations.

Despite the qualitative improvement in relations between Iraq and Kuwait after the US withdrawal from Iraq in 2011, past concerns, suspicion and mistrust have always pushed the two countries to exchange accusations.

In addition, the US-Iranian rivalry and their influence in Iraq and Kuwait posed another challenge to the stability and future of relations between the two countries.

Both Iraq and Kuwait have sought to distance themselves from entering into regional conflicts and to form joint ministerial committees that study all possibilities of solutions in the event of an emergency dispute that threatens the future of relations between them.