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    Postal Voting and Increasing Voter Participation: Successful Experiences and Lessons Learned in Iraq

    Abdelaziz Aliwi Al-Issawi - researcher Introduction: Some countries have adopted postal voting as a means to increase voter participation, overcome obstacles faced on election day, and boost voter turnout. Among these countries are the United States, a well-established democracy, as well as Switzerland, Canada, Estonia, and others, which believe that...

    Turkish turning westward: (NATO’s Vilnius 2023 summit)

    Imad Sheikh Daoud - Professor of Public Policy/Al-Nahrin University. Introduction:  From Tuesday, 11 July 2023, to Wednesday, 12 July 2023, the NATO leaders summit was held in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, with the participation of 31 Leaders of NATO Member States as its most important decision to continue s presence in...

    Chinese-Saudi relations: Strategic vision and mutual benefits

    Mustafa AlDarraji - researcher China's interest in the Middle East is recent compared to the major powers, with the first Chinese diplomatic relations with the Middle East dating back to the late 19th century, although there have been historical trade relations since ancient times, this has not been the case...

    Addiction in Iraq: Towards a new drug control strategy

    Bakr Khader Jassim al-Subaihi - researcher According to official statistics of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, the number of persons arrested in 2021 was 11,789, of whom 328 were under age. Baghdad governorate came to the fore where (1933) the accused was arrested, followed by Basra (1871) and Babylon...

    Klicdaroglu, betting on a losing horse: (CHP missed opportunity)

    Imad Salah Sheikh Daoud - Professor of Public Policy/Faculty of Political Science - Al-Nahrin University introduction: On the date of 14/5/2023, the Turkish elections were held simultaneously with a public participation rate approaching (89%), to occupy the seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (the legislature), in which the ruling...

    Al-Bayan Center launches a book on Iraq’s trajectories in facing population growth

    Al-Bayan Center for Studies and Planning has launched a book on population policy in Iraq, titled "The Settled Society and the Dynamic Society: Iraq's Trajectories in Facing Population Growth." The launch event and seminar were attended by specialists, policymakers, researchers, and academics interested in the subject. During the seminar, Dr....

    Effective waste management policies: a vision of challenges and solutions

    Saif Diaa Dair - graduate student in the Ph.D. program at Al-Nahrin University Imad Salah Sheikh Daoud - Professor of Public Policy and Sustainable Development at Al-Nahrin University introduction: The problem of pollution and waste has aroused human interest since the very beginning of civilization on Earth. The Mesopotamian civilization and the...

    Iraq Development Road Project: Diplomatic Stakes with Strategic and geopolitical dimensions

     Faras Abbas Hashem - Basra University/Faculty of Law Introduction: At the outset, Iraq became aware of the need to develop new visions of ideas that would frame its position on geopolitical changes in the current regional and international environment. and constitutes an impetus that can be based on the orientations of...

    Lukashenko symbolism: What is the secret to Belarus mediation’s success in settling Prijogen’s “adventure”?

    Ammar Yassin - researcher in peace and conflict studies in an act that can be described as an incalculable adventure; Yevgeny Prijovin, commander of the unofficially recognized semi-regular Wagner Group and strongly involved in Russia's extended military operation in Ukraine, By ratcheting up operationally and not just criticizing Russia's military...

    Resumption of Iran-Saudi relations and their regional implications

    Ali Nejat - Writer and academic researcher, Middle East specialist Introduction: Saudi-Iranian relations were very tense; Because of political and sectarian differences throughout history, even in the past three decades, the relations has been cut twice. Diplomatic relations were first severed in 1987, after the Mecca incident, and for the second...