VOL. XLII

No. 21

24-May-1999

IRAQ

Political Risk In Iraq

by Andrew Parasiliti

Andrew Parasiliti is director of programs at the MiddleEast Institute in Washington, DC. The following text is a revised version ofhis presentation at the CWC Associates Conference on "Oil and GasInvestments in Re-emerging Middle East Markets: Iran and Iraq" held in NewYork City on 1 and 2 March 1999.

The short answer to a question or presentation about"political risk in Iraq" is "yes, and a lot of it."

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