Two-state partition is most likely outcome for Iraq
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- Kurdish demands
- Sunni demands
- Relationship reset
- New political dynamics
- Stability outlook
- Near-independent Kurdistan (most likely)
- Soft partition and federalism (medium likelihood)
- Violent Balkanisation (lower likelihood)
- Re-imposed state (lowest likelihood)
- Oil and investor impact
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_350.jpg "Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki attends the army's sixth division Major General Negm Abdullah Ali's funeral (Reuters/Stringer)")