ISIS invaded vast areas of northern Iraq in 2014 and was accompanied by unimaginable heinous acts committed against Yazidis. Yazidis are an ethnic and religious indigenous component that has inhabited Iraq for centuries. The Sinjar massacre of 3 August 2014 and the crimes committed against Yazidis included the murder...
Political parties represent the heart and soul of democracy, which is considered one of the best political systems in resolving conflicts by peaceful means and respecting political, social, and economic human rights. We wanted to build a democratic experience that could fulfill the aspirations of the Iraqi people after...
Two people living in Iraq may not disagree on the poor level of services provided by the State to its citizens. Primarily because of the widespread financial and administrative corruption in many branches of the State, confirmed in the report of the Corruption Cognitive Index, an indicator of corruption...
Iraq is experiencing severe security and political complications that have negatively affected the economic and social situation of the country, as it is noticed the expansion and spread of the phenomenon of begging, especially the child begging, during the current stage, with the diversity of its forms depending on...
It is not possible to talk about a democratic system in which power is transferred peacefully through the mechanism of elections by free vote, without the participation of political parties, and therefore it seems that the party system and contemporary representative democracy are synonymous, or inseparable from each other.
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Any objective view of the current US strategy towards Iraq should address the intellectual shifts and regional and international political changes that accompanied the crystallization of new visions for both the US foreign policy and strategy. Therefore, exposure to the US strategy towards Iraq is a political diagnosis for...
The devaluation of the national currency is a measure resorted to by the Central Bank to achieve several economic goals. Foremost is improving the trade balance and supporting the growth of productive economic sectors that suffer from foreign product competition due to the commodity dumping policies of the exporting...
The African continent is currently the scene of many international and regional conflicts due to its security and strategic importance to the whole world. The Horn of Africa comes on top of other countries in the continent as vital in modern geopolitics. Due to its strategic locations, sea outlets,...
It is noticeable that higher education in Iraq suffers from several problems. Some of these problems are complex, and others are easy to overcome. Some of the issues are related to government policy in managing educational institutions under the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research banner. The other...
Border crossing points have an important place in the priorities of Iraqi governments. In addition to being a major supplier of non-oil imports to the Iraqi State, border crossings have become a window of corruption for gangs, outlaws, and public money abusers, especially since the precarious security situation over...
