Relationship dossier
Iraq
Taiwan
Relationship assessment
Iraq’s recognition of the People’s Republic of China constrains formal ties with Taiwan.
Iraq toward Taiwan
-15Iraq recognizes the People’s Republic of China rather than Taiwan and does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, limiting official bilateral ties.
Taiwan toward Iraq
Not assessedInformation about direct Taiwanese government cooperation with Iraq is insufficient to assess the relationship.
Overall relationship
Not assessedHow to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Iraq recognizes the People’s Republic of China rather than Taiwan and does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan. This reflects a concrete policy constraint on official ties, but it does not by itself establish broader hostility. Information about direct Taiwanese government cooperation with Iraq is insufficient to assess that relationship.
Areas of tension
- The status of Taiwan and Iraq’s recognition of the People’s Republic of China constrain formal bilateral relations.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of any direct Iraqi-Taiwanese government engagement beyond Iraq’s recognition policy is unclear.
- Details of Taiwanese government cooperation with Iraq are limited.