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Post-Brexit Foreign Policy of the United Kingdom

On June the 23rd 2016, the British public went to the polls to have their say on whether they wished the United Kingdom to remain part of the European Union or whether it should leave. In an outcome that shocked many observers, analysts, members...

Analysing the hydrocarbon dispute between the Federal Government and the KRG

Oil has often been described as part of the glue that holds Iraq together.  And yet, few issues have proven more divisive to the fabric of the state since 2003 than those related to the management of the natural resource base and the distribution...

Reconstruction and Development in Post-Islamic State Iraq

As of the summer of 2016, Iraq is gradually winning its war against the Islamic State (IS). Major urban centres such as Ramadi and Fallujah have been liberated and the Iraqi security forces are slowly encircling Mosul, IS’ regional capital and the last major...

Feasibility study: Constructing an Iran-Iraq natural gas pipeline

As part of its policy to provide electricity to consumers, the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has developed a plan to build gas stations for the production of electrical energy distributed over the provinces of Iraq, using different types of fuel to produce electricity: natural...

Prosecuting the Islamic State – Advice for the Iraqi Government on setting up a Trial for Genocide

Since 2014, Iraq has been the scene of horrific atrocities committed by the Islamic State (IS, then called ISIL – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) against ethnic and religious communities that it considered anathema to its own hard-line interpretation of Islam. Although the...

Polls and Policy – examining the US Presidential Election

On November 8th, US Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will hope more than a year on the campaign trail – full of speeches, fundraisers, and presidential debates – will be enough to secure the top political seat in the country. Much has...

The construction of future electric power plants in Iraq with data of current and futurewater resources

Approximately 68% of the Tigris River basin revenues and 97% of the ‎Euphrates River revenues flow in from outside Iraq (Turkey, Syria and Iran). ‎As a result of the evolution use of water in those countries (by irrigation and ‎storage projects), with the absence...

Aspects of Public Administration in Iraq Current Problems and Reform Proposals

In order to adjust with changes that occur at the local, regional and global level, there is a need for fundamental changes in management within government institutions and studying means to offer these in benefit toward services and goods. This requires the adoption of...

A Union in the Middle East and North Africa: Lessons From Europe

Cycles of oppressive government, poverty, nationalism, extremism, economic and political instability and ethno-sectarian violence in a geographic area of vague definition. These characteristics are only some of the terms commonly used to describe the Middle East and North Africa region today. However, a mere...

Has Democratization in Iraq Failed?

The common consensus amongst political scientists on democratization is that it is a long process with an unpredictable timeline for each individual case study. However, with regards to the democratization of Iraq, there is a commonly held belief that it has failed within the...

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