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    Peace in Iraq… Reading in the World Peace Index 2021

    The subject of peace is an important and profound subject that needs to be examined widely and in-depth, as peace has a serious role to play in sustaining stability and overcoming any manifestation of violence that threatens stability in all its forms; To achieve this goal, violence must be...

    Tunisia, the Crossroads of Reform and Dictatorship

    Tunisia is the title of the cradle of the Arab Spring and the last democratic model among those countries, which succeeded in removing the army to some extent from the political equation and established a democratic parliamentary system in the post-Ben Ali era to some extent. This political system has...

    The American withdrawal from Afghanistan… The U.S. achieve its objectives

    History has events whose effects and repercussions vary between the time-limited fringe and spatially-limited fringe, on the one hand, and the spatially extended detail, on the other. Accordingly, we must place the recent American withdrawal from Afghanistan in the second category of events that are expected to have an...

    Iraq in Fragile States Index 2021

    The Fragile States Index (FSI) is an annual classification of 178 States based on the various pressures they face affecting their levels of vulnerability and relies on the analytical approach of the Conflict Assessment System tool. The Peace Fund's (CAST), based on the comprehensive social science methodology, identifies three...

    Pragmatic and confrontational strategies

    From 1975 to 1980, Iraq went through its best phase in its contemporary history in terms of political stability, economic stability, and doubling of its national capacity. This phase crystallized in the pragmatic process of Iraqi political building and dealing with Iran in resolving conflicts, particularly after accepting the...

    Challenges to counter drugs in Iraq Hard Solutions

    More than 194 million people around the world are addicted to drugs, andabout 40 million people are addicted to (khat), mostly in Yemen, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Kenya, the drugs crisis does not stop on its direct effects on addicts and their families, but rather on societies and States....

    October election… What if it runs on incomplete terms?

    The government is working with determination to hold elections by the deadline of 10 October 2021, as a basic commitment, and the President of the Republic publicly supports this trend through multiple statements, and some political forces have already started campaigning. The question now is, what if the elections are...

    The reality of the Lebanese economy and prospects for the future

    On the threshold of celebrating the centenary of the establishment of the State of Greater Lebanon, Lebanon has become a society with a comprehensive economic collapse, characterized by poverty, unemployment, corruption and clientelism. Owing to poor economic conditions, the Lebanese emerged on 17 October in 2019 in a public...

    Iran’s election challenges and possible scenarios

    Over the next three weeks, Iran faces a major presidential election that will result in the appointment of a new president of the country, as incumbent President Hassan Rouhani has held office for two terms, he is unable to stand for election. This cycle of Iranian presidential elections can...

    Will the upcoming Iraqi elections succeed in restoring citizen confidence in the political system?

    The upcoming legislative elections in Iraq, to be held next October, constitute a critical event in Iraq's democratic process. We ask for the fate of these elections by observing the political and social environment in the country that forced Iraq to go towards early legislative elections. Iraq witnessed a...