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    The American Ambiguity in the Middle East

    Dr. Khaled Hashem Mohamed/ Ph.D. in Political Science/ Cairo University The US administration led by "Joe Biden" confirms that the US policy in the Middle East will remain steadfast, and Washington remains committed to the security of the region and the protection of its countries. However, what is being taken...

    Challenges Facing Majority Government

    Sayyid Muqtada Al-Sadr launched a speech on May 15, 2022, in which he revealed the failure of the attempt to form a majority government. The Sadrist project, included the Sovereignty coalition (also known as Al-Siyada coalition) representing the Sunni component, alongside the Kurdistan Democratic Party representing the Kurdish component. Al-Sadr...

    Japan’s foreign policy approach to Iraq

    Japan soon turned its attention to the Middle East. The first Japanese official probably visited Iraq in 1880.  But diplomatic relations between the two countries began in 1939, and in 1939 Japan opened its embassy in Baghdad. The exchange of Ambassadors between the two countries in January 1960, the...

    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...

    The Sinjar Dilemma: The PKK and Iraqi National Security

    Dr. Firas Elias / Researcher Introduction It is no secret to anyone that the complex nature of the conflicts in the Sinjar district today. Some of them stem from the nature of the Iraqi internal reality, which is represented by the struggle for influence and control between the armed groups in...

    The Political Interests of Iraqi Youth: (Opinion Survey)

    Ahmed Khudair Hussain/ Director of the Social Studies Department at Al-Bayan Center for Planning and Studies Executive Summary: The absence of youth, this essential and vital community group, from the political process arena created a wide gap between political decision-makers and society, especially if we know that young people in Iraq...

    Gulf Reconciliation and its Impact on the Future of Iraqi-Gulf Relations

    Mufeed Al-Zaidi / Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Baghdad. It can be said that the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 is the framework that determined the future of Iraqi-Gulf relations. Iraq faced many challenges, including its foreign relations, which it sought to improve, especially with the...

    Pakistan’s approach to expanding relations with Iraq

    Pakistan-Iraq relations in the past Following Pakistan’s independence from India in 1947, Iraq has been the first Arab country to recognize Pakistan and support it in the Bengal crisis.  Bilateral relations between Iraq and Pakistan, as a result of their presence in different global blocs and different political systems in...

    Parliamentary opposition and efficient legislative performance (Brief roadmap for parliamentary minority work)

    Dr. Emad Salah Al-Sheikh Daoud / researcher in public policies. The opposition, in its simple sense, is defined as the largest party, or coalition of parties that have not been able to form a government, and the opposition is sometimes called an "alternative government", and it has a range of...

    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...