An Analytical Reading of the European Union's Strategic Priorities Sowards Iraq

Abstract

 The European Union is one of the most important and influential actors globally. By the many advantages and clear indicators of strength that many of its states possess, he should assume more responsibilities and develop strategies that guarantee his interests, on the one hand, provide him with guarantees of achieving his goals.

  As well as reducing the rate of potential risks of deterioration of the political, security and economic conditions of the Union's areas of interest.

  Although the European Union in general, and the two most influential countries (France and Germany) in particular, tried to exercise some effective roles, they were not like that regarding dealing with Iraq issues. And its strategic vision with the radical changes in this important country in the Middle East.

However, the dramatic changes that the region witnessed, following the Arab Spring revolutions in 2011, leading to the control of ISIS over extensive lands in Iraq and Syria, the large waves of migration that Europe witnessed accordingly, the wave of bombings witnessed by more than one European country, imposed changes developed the features of the European strategic vision and its priorities for the Middle East region and Iraq in particular.

The study seeks to shed light on the European strategy towards Iraq in general and redefine the European strategic priorities towards this country by reviewing and analyzing the data and indicators related to the study variables.

According to the hypothesis: "The escalation of various challenges (security, economic, and political), as well as the presence of clear and important European interests in Iraq and the Middle East, forced European countries to rearrange their priorities in it