What to Do With Iraq ?, by Bassina Kodmani-Darwish Iraq has become the only Arab country to possess ail the attributes of a regional power. Outside perceptions of this country have most often been inaccurate, especially in the United States and this has played a substantial role in feeding defiance and agressiveness of one toward the other. The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq raises the question of its further ambitions in the Middle East and consequently of how to deal with this country in the immediate and longer term, whether with or without Saddam Hussein. This paper analyses the foreign relations of Iraq, focusing on its own perceptions of the world, the Middle East and its role in the Arab world.L'Irak est aujourd'hui le seul pays arabe po...