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STRATEGIC PRIORITY 04 · ECONOMIC FUTURES

Economic Opportunity

Economic relationships can create practical incentives for stability. Future Iraqi–Israeli engagement could eventually connect entrepreneurship, technology, agriculture, skills, research and regional markets without assuming that formal trade relationships already exist.

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ECONOMIC PEACE THESIS
Cooperation becomes more durable when people can see practical value in peaceful relationships.
OpportunityCreate routes for ideas and enterprise.
EmploymentConnect future cooperation to human livelihoods.
EntrepreneurshipEnable founders and SMEs to learn from regional ecosystems.
InnovationTranslate knowledge into useful products and services.
ConnectivityBuild networks that make isolation less economically rational.
Pathways

Opportunity Matrix

Select a cell to explore how a sector could intersect with a future cooperation mechanism.

Knowledge Exchange
Entrepreneurship
Investment
Regional Connectivity
Agriculture
Technology
Education
Logistics
Research
Creative Economy

REGIONAL SYSTEM

Conceptual economic connectivity

BaghdadErbilBasraTel AvivHaifaAbu DhabiBahrainMorocco
OPPORTUNITY AREAS

Where future economic dialogue could focus

01

Agricultural Innovation

Productivity, irrigation, food systems and climate-resilient agriculture.

02

Digital Economy

Software, data, digital services and future professional networks.

03

SMEs & Entrepreneurship

Mentoring, founder exchange and small-business capability.

04

Logistics & Connectivity

Ports, standards, digital logistics and resilient supply systems.

05

Education & Skills

Workforce capability, vocational learning and digital education.

06

Innovation Commercialization

Connecting applied research with founders, industry and future markets.

Initiatives

Future economic concepts

01

Iraqi–Israeli Entrepreneurs Forum

An exploratory professional forum for founders and business educators.

CONCEPT · NOT AN EXISTING PARTNERSHIP
02

Regional Startup Exchange

A concept for participation in wider regional entrepreneurship networks.

CONCEPT · NOT AN EXISTING PARTNERSHIP
03

Future Trade Dialogue

A policy and private-sector discussion format examining conditions required for lawful future trade.

CONCEPT · NOT AN EXISTING PARTNERSHIP
04

Diaspora Business Network

A voluntary professional bridge drawing on diaspora expertise and relationships.

CONCEPT · NOT AN EXISTING PARTNERSHIP
05

Innovation-to-Market Program

A concept connecting applied research, mentoring and commercialization knowledge.

CONCEPT · NOT AN EXISTING PARTNERSHIP
06

SME Knowledge Bridge

Practical learning around management, digital commerce, finance and resilience.

CONCEPT · NOT AN EXISTING PARTNERSHIP
Knowledge

Economic Intelligence Desk

A non-transactional knowledge environment for sector briefs, opportunity mapping, market explainers and future-scenario analysis. It should never imply that investment or trade channels exist where they do not.

NON-TRANSACTIONAL

Economic possibility can turn coexistence from an idea into an interest.

STRATEGIC FUTURES

Economic possibility can turn coexistence from an idea into an interest.