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    The G7 Summit “Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment” Initiative Contents and Directions

    Muthanna Faiq Marei - Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the College of Political Science - University of Tikrit There is no doubt that the idea of international gatherings and forums is not a new idea to strengthen relations and unify positions between countries. Rather, it can be...

    The Phenomenon of Child Recruitment in International Conflicts

    Muhammad Karim al-Khaqani - academic and researcher in political affairs Recruiting children is a phenomenon that deserves attention because it represents a flagrant violation of the rights of that segment of society. Because of the danger of using them to influence opponents during the fighting, terrorist groups resort to using...

    The Return of American Interest in The Middle East Once Again: Will Iraq Be Present This Time?

    Dr. Khaled Hashem - Researcher in International Relations US President Joe Biden's visit to the Middle East from 13-16 July 2022 represents a turning point in the US administration's policy towards the region, and the return of US interest in it and its issues after being ignored for a long...

    Symbolic Politics and The State

    Haider Abdel-Murshed – Researcher Introduction: It is not possible to talk about national security in isolation from the idea of the state, its political system, and its operations as a whole. National security is the comprehensive characteristic of everything related to the entity of the state, and its basic goal for...

    Challenges Of The North: American And Turkish Interventions and The Position of The Kurds, Possible Responses

    Aqeel Saeed Mahfoud - Researcher and Academic. Introduction: What is happening in the Syrian Jazira region (also known as Upper Mesopotamia) and northern Iraq in terms of a series of political and military events makes the regional event more “uncertain” and ambiguous. Things are happening that are difficult to anticipate or...

    The New Political Equations for The Balances of Power

    Firas Tariq Makiya/ Political Researcher The collapse of the totalitarian regime led to the collapse of the first Iraqi state (1921-2003) and was an official sign of the failure of the state project, and the failure of the political and cultural elites to reach a national identity that expresses a...

    Reactions on The Iranian Twitter Platform About Iraq

    Muhammad Rahbari is an academic, researcher, and doctoral student in sociology (Ph.D. candidate in Political Sociology) at Allameh Tabataba’i University Hadi Sefri is an academic, social media analyst, and master’s student at the University of Tehran. What were the reactions of the Twitter users in Iran towards Iraq in the past year? The rapprochement...

    Shifts in The Sunni Arena, Scenarios for The Change in The Political Map

    Introduction The Sunni political arena has witnessed rapid developments in the past weeks, after the return of the former political figures -who were wanted by the law- (Rafi al-Issawi and Ali Hatem al-Suleiman) to the Anbar Governorate; In a move that was understood as an attempt to limit the role...

    Critical Policies… The Repercussions of the Ukrainian Crisis on Syria, The Perspective of Threat – Opportunity

    Aqeel Saeed Mahfoud Syria was almost the only country that declared its support for the Russian “military operation” in Ukraine, since its first day, while the Syrian opposition called on the West to respond to Russia in Syria, and asked it for support with money and weapons against Damascus. A...

    Iraq’s Shiites: The difficult choice for the president of the republic

    Hamid Redha Ibrahimi / Journalist specializing in the affairs of the Arab world and the Middle East Introduction: The 2021 elections have changed the compass of the political equation in Iraq to a large extent. As it turned the scales of decision-making in the favor of previously marginalized forces, bringing them...