Amman, Jordan/Ramallah, Palestine - My sad prediction is that in ten years, the Iraq we know now will no longer be there. Unless a strong charismatic leader is found to keep the country united, Iraq is likely to be split up in one way or another.
The south will become some type of Shiite dominated state, which will have strong alliances with the Iranians. The north will become an independent Kurdish state, and the center or the central western districts will likely become yet another state or might find some type of alliance with Jordan either as part of a new expanded Hashemite Kingdom or a Jordanian-Iraqi confederation.
The Arab countries are so weak and Western and regional powers so strong that I wouldn't be surprised if a new Sykes-Picot agreement will be drawn up re-dividing the Middle East as Britain and France did following World War I.
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