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    Iraq’s electoral systems and party preferences: (The controversy of the recent election law)

    Nabeel Jabbar al-Ali - researcher Disputes have returned in Iraq over the content of the electoral law regulating the process of holding parliamentary elections earlier. The demands first came from the protest arenas at the end of 2019, expressing part of their demands to reject the context followed in the...

    The mixed electoral system and the tripartite stability in Iraq

    Mustafa Al-Sarai- researcher in political affairs Political pluralism is one of the basic principles of democracy, which believes in a society dominated by the principle of respect for the will of the majority, the preservation of the rights of the minority, and the difference of opinions and interests, this coalition...

    The shift in Japan’s defense strategy Timing, semantics and implications

    Ahmed Matar-researcher In October 2022, Japan unveiled a new national security plan that refers to the largest arming of the Japanese army since World War II, doubling defense spending and deviating from the peaceful road entrenched in its constitution, in the face of increasing threats from regional adversaries, as well...

    Political implications of federal court decisions: The crisis of the center and the territory (the renewal of the crisis threatens the “state administration”)

    Alaa Al-Hamdani-Iraqi researcher The decision of the federal court, which ruled on the twenty-sixth of January 2023 that (6) decisions of the previous government headed by Mustafa al-Kazemi (2020-2022) were invalid, sparked a wide political controversy after this decision ruled that the transfer of funds to the Kurdistan region was...

    Chinese ambassador writes for Al Bayan: Belt and Road Initiative and China-Iraq relations

    Cui Wei-ambassador of the Republic of China to Baghdad In this past period since my arrival in Iraq, I have met with many governments, Parties, Parliamentary, Iraqi media, and other figures in various circles, and I felt that Iraqis are very interested in the Belt and Road Initiative and are...

    The crisis of political action in Iraq: the dilemma of nostalgia for the dictatorship

    Yasser Ghalib Ahmed - researcher The lack of legitimacy of society in its decisions, interventions, and evaluation of itself according to general human formulations, whether (cultural, social, political, or economic) in a particular region, will mean to the total population in this land that it follows another legitimacy, and this...

    Towards an official institution of Iraqi memory (the arsenal of the state to defend itself)

    Adnan Sbeih Thamer - Researcher specializing in discourse anthropology. One of the problems in Iraq's current system after 2003 is the lack of focus on memory issues, through which it can confront the problems to which the system is constantly exposed, as well as restore confidence between it and the...

    The “Israeli” electoral voice went toward the religious and political right

    Dr. Muhammad Armin Karbet - a researcher on "Israeli" political affairs. Although the results that emerged after the elections in "Israel" are not an exceptional event, unprecedented in the regional and global scene, especially those policies that rely on identification, such as the victory of the right in the elections in Italy, and the...

    Multiple constituencies in Iraq: the tribulation passing the first test

    Abdulaziz Aliwi Alissawi - Academic and researcher specializing in electoral affairs Introduction More than a year of the early elections in Iraq that took place on the tenth of October 2021, the Iraqis were divided over the one-inverted system under which those elections were held, Which relied on the division of...

    The Blind Spot in The Next Government’s Priorities

    Ali Adnan Muhammad – Researcher The democratic political experience in Iraq has gone through many challenges, and the political blockage is perhaps the most dangerous of all. The Iraqi state authorities have been severed overnight, its parliament is broken, its judiciary is under threat, and its government is dealing with...