after the withdrawal of U.S. troops by 2011

Abstract

It is well-known that the nature of the relations between Iraq and the United States has a great importance in political life and decision-making centers in the United States, because of its impact on U.S.A interests in the region, particularly the energy. At the same time, Iraqi political powers look at these relations from a different perspective. As both sides are keen to achieve the greatest possible strategic gains, the United States seeks to make a political, economic, military and security alliance with the Iraqi government characterized by the continuity and legitimacy on different levels even after the withdrawal of U.S. troops by 2011, especially that Iraq from U.S. view is considered as a power that has a political weight in Middle East, especially if Iraq regained its role to complete the circle of American allies in the region according to the geostrategic terms, a matter that reinforces United States future strategic interests in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq.