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    Iraq in the Social Progress Index

    Ahmed Khudair Hussein - Director of the Social Studies Department at the Al-Bayan Center for Planning and Studies. The Social Progress Index provides a results-based measure of a country's well-being independent of economic indicators. It was first issued in 2013 to provide a comprehensive tool for measuring countries' performance, stimulating...

    Elections and Public Legitimacy: Democratic Mechanisms Undermined by the Conflict in Iraq

    Dr. Adnan Sobeeh Thamer - Researcher in Anthropology The crisis that the Iraqis experienced on August 29, 2022, and the armed fighting that lasted twenty-four hours after a series of events and rhetorical conflict, reached its climax 10 months ago. The theme of that conflict lies between those who claim...

    Political Crisis in Iraq: Is There Any Future Solutions on The Horizon?

    Dr. Nour Ali Saqib - Ph.D. in International Relations and Foreign Policy, is a teaching staff in the Law Department, Al-Hadi University College. Today, Iraq is going through serious internal political crises that threaten the entire political system and civil peace. Among the biggest of these crises is the government...

    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...