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    Prospects for economic relations between Iran and Iraq

    Ali Najat Relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq are intertwined in their security, political and regional dimensions, while economic and trade relations are among the areas that bring the two neighboring countries together. Iraq became Iran’s most important trading partner after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by...

    The crisis of approving the 2022 budget in Iraq and its dimensions on development efforts

    Dr. Wejdan Faleh Hassan executive summary: It is not possible to continue implementing the instructions of the federal budget for the year 2021 during the fiscal year 2022 from a legal point of view; Because the budget law is valid for one year only. It is not possible to approve the budget,...

    Observations on some aspects of calls for Iraq to resort to international forums regarding the problem of the common international watercourses

    Haider Adham The Iraqi and Arab media circulated statements issued by Iraqi official entities, the Ministry of Water Resources, in which they expressed their intention to internationalize the “joint international watercourses file” for Iraq with the countries of the upper course after the latter cut off water supplies that flow...

    Railway link between Iraq and Turkey opportunities and challenges

    Omar Sameer The railway link between Turkey and Iraq was one of the ambitious projects since the era of Sultan Abdülhamid II, whose reign was the last reform attempt of the Ottoman state, including his inauguration of the Baghdad railway in financial cooperation with Germany, which continued slowly; Due to...

    An Economic Vision in Formulating a Draft of the Next Government’s Work Priorities

    Hassan Hadi Al-Assadi Eighteen years have passed since 2003 on Iraq, which was characterized by administrative and financial corruption, a decline in services at all levels, a near-complete collapse of its infrastructure, bloodsheds, and the lives that were lost under the pretext of nationalism, religious and sectarian acts, and the...

    The controversy of Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization

    The World Trade Organization (WTO) is one of the three organizations of the United Nations specialized in the economic and trade fields, which is considered to be one of the major players on the global scene, as it replaced the GATT for tariffs, and began its work effectively in...

    The financial repercussions of low oil prices’ shock on the general budget in Iraq after 2014

    Dr. Riam Ali Hussein Uncertainty plays a major role in the instability of oil prices, especially when crises occur in the oil supply areas. Which increases the imbalance conditions between supply and demand for oil. With the emergence of ISIS and its occupation of parts of Iraq, and the loss...

    Technical education and unemployed university graduates: from the labor market crisis to the education crisis

    Haider Abdel-Murshed It is not news to talk about what Iraq is suffering from a crisis in providing job opportunities, in light of a market that is entered annually by about 600,000 people in Iraq, with the stagnation of the private sector, and the sinking of the Iraqi state in...

    Improving the UAE’s relations with Turkey and Iran and its implications on Iraq

    Ali Najat The painful experiences of wars and conflicts during the past decade prompted the actors in the Middle East to reduce tensions and neutralize crises as much as possible, and to find a formula for dialogue. After a decade of the Arab Spring, the impulse of the uprisings gradually...

    The railway linkage project between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Implementation, benefits, obstacles, and impact on Iraq)

    Emad Al-Sheikh Dawood - Hashem Emad Abdel-Karim During the pre-World War I era, trains transported goods from Cairo to Jerusalem and from Damascus to Medina to transport pilgrims between Constantinople (the former capital of the Ottoman Empire) and Hejaz in the Arabian Peninsula, and shorten the travel time for military...