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    One Year After Its Formation: Evaluating the Performance of al-Sudani’s Government in the Context of Iraqi International Relations

    Marwan Salem Al-Ali- University professor at the College of Political Science/University of Mosul, specializing in strategic affairs One of the main reasons for the failure of the Iraqi political experience post-2003 is the foreign relations, as it was subject to two negative equations. The first is the American choice to...

    U.S. Sanctions: Special Pressures and Restriction of State Sovereignty

    On January 22, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions that included Iraqi political and security figures, as well as Fly Baghdad airline, under various pretexts. Fly Baghdad was accused of transporting weapons and military equipment on behalf of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to regional airports. The new sanctions...

    Youth Employment Policies in Iraq: Community Bribery or Practical Need

    Mustafa Al-Sarai - Department of Political Studies at the Bayan Center for Studies and Planning Hiam Ali Al-Marhaj - Department of Women's Studies at Al-Ban Center for Studies and Planning Introduction: Employment policies in Iraq in the field of the public sector suffer many problems and dialectics due to the general conditions...

    A new Middle East is being formed

    Khaled Hashim - Researcher The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, China, India, and South Africa) was not a promising economic-political diplomatic club, wanting a less dominant world for the West that did not include members from countries in the Middle East. This is no longer the case, of the six countries that recently joined...

    Assessment Report on the Digital Landscape in Iraq 2023

    Wafaa Fawzi -Researcher Report of the United Nations Development Program in Iraq, presenting the overall landscape of digital maturity in the Iraqi public sector in 41 areas of e-government (Political will and support, coordination, funding model, legal framework, digital data and databases, secure data exchange, digital identity and secure digital...

    The complexity and chaos of foreign policy in the Middle East: The dynamics of the Saudi-Iranian

    Ahmed Jlobe Al-Mayahi - PhD student at the University of Tehran / Department of International Relations Introduction: This paper looks at the answer to the following question What are ways to improve the behavior of foreign policy actors in the Middle East? The Middle East has a special place in terms...

    Political change and Iraqi national identity: Research on the constitutional trends before and after 2003

    Abdel Adhim Jabr Hafedh - Professor of Political Systems and Public Policy at the Faculty of Political Science / Al-Nahrien University. Introduction: National identity is an advanced awareness of sub-affiliation, which is an awareness associated with the emergence of the state, as identity from the political perspective represents a central axis in...

    If we want to develop, there is no alternative to scholarship and higher study in Western universities.

    Mohammed Al-Rubaie - Researcher Graduate studies play an important role in shaping the future of Iraqis seeking advanced academic qualifications. For these students, obtaining a master’s or doctoral degree at Western University is irreplaceable because of its great importance due to the many advantages and opportunities offered by educational systems in these countries compared...

    Democratization and the Challenges of Governance: From Turmoil to Stability

    Ali Al-Mamoori - Researcher Introduction: The process of reconstructing the Iraqi political system based on democratic principles has been met with significant frustration. There are concerns about the chaotic management of the political system in Iraq, along with dissatisfaction with the levels of corruption and the ambiguous political practices that lack...

    Protests Crisis in France: Causes and Dimensions

    Khudair Abbas Al-Dahliki - A researcher specializing in European far-right parties. Introduction This paper examines the crisis of protests that engulfed most French cities following the killing of the Algerian youth "Nael Al-Murzouqi" at the hands of a French police officer. It discusses the measures taken toward the protesters, the positions...