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    Russia’s goals and approach to Iraq

    Soviet-Iraqi relations were established on September 9, 1944, severed in 1955, and rebuilt in July 1958. Cooperation between the two countries, despite some ups and downs, was generally positive, and Baghdad was considered one of the most important Soviet partners in the Arab world. The signing of the Treaty...

    Scenarios For The Turkish Elections Next Year And What The Iraqi Government Should Do About Them

    Peyman Eshaghi - Ph.D. Candidate of Middle Eastern/Islamic Studies at the Free University of Berlin. The presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey are scheduled to start after approximately 12 months, and although the elections will be in June of 2023, the Turkish president has the authority to hold early elections....

    The Russian-Ukrainian war and its implications for shaping the patterns of geopolitical power relations within the framework of the international system.

    Dr. Ammar Hamid Yassin/ Assistant Professor of International Relations at the College of Science and Political Science, University of Baghdad Introduction: The repercussions of the Russo-Ukrainian war are not determined in the geopolitical sphere of the two states; It affects many countries in the central and marginal areas of the structure...

    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...

    The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council: (The premature creation, and tasks that require wisdom)

    Emad Salah Al-Sheikh Daoud / Professor of Public Policy and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Court of Political Issues. Introduction On April 7, 2022, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi issued his presidential declaration dismissing his deputy, Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, and transferring power to a presidential council composed of eight...

    The Alliance of Civilizations: Soft Power in Qatar’s Politics

    Dr. Mufeed Al-Zaidi / Professor of Gulf Studies - University of Baghdad The State of Qatar did not have a distinct political or economic position in the Gulf or the Arab region. Until Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (1995-2013) came to power in 1995, Doha witnessed rapid changes in...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    Candidates’ Speech Analysis About the French Presidential Elections After the Announcement of the Final Results

    Khudair Abbas Al-Dahlaki/researcher in the affairs of the extreme right/student in the Ph.D. program in public policies/Al-Nahrain University. On the eve of the French presidential elections’ vote counting; Emmanuel Macron has been re-elected as France's president for a second five-year term, defeating his rival, Marine Le Pen, who scored the...