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    Russian Shadow Tankers and Iraqi Oil Exports: Balancing Sanctions and Gaining a Share of the Asian Continent

    Ali Abdul-Kadhim Daadoush- Researcher on the Iraqi and International Economy Abstract: There are three systems of fleets for transporting crude oil and other petroleum products, including the White or legal fleet, which enjoys global acceptance and transparency in dealings between exporting and importing countries. The Gray and Dark fleets, constituting the...

    G20 Summit 2023: A Reading of Motives, Opportunities, and Future Implications

    Abeer Suhaim Mahdi - College of Political Science / University of Baghdad Ammar Hameed Yassin - College of Political Science / University of Baghdad Introduction: The major powers began shaping the global system and turning towards employing economic alternatives to compensate for the severe losses that most countries experienced in the aftermath...

    Libya’s 2023 Elections: Internal Obstacles and External Challenges

    Ali Saadi Abdul-Zahra Jubair - Al-Nahrain University - College of Law Introduction: Ever since the fall of Moammar Gaddafi, Libya has been marred by a lack of political stability. The country has seen 13 constitutional amendments in its quest to prepare for presidential and parliamentary elections. Consequently, Libya currently grapples with...

    The creative economy and its importance in achieving sustainable development

    Nozad Abdul Rahman Al-Hiti - Professor of Political Economy - Diplomatic Institute -  Qatar Summary: At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world witnessed steady developments that talk about a new economy «creative economy», which is different from the traditional sectors that dominated the world in the last century. The creative...

    State of the Arab Government Administration Report: Digital Transformation

    Wafaa Fawzi - Researcher The features of government administration in the modern era are formed under the influence of several main trends with different factors, including technological progress, changing citizens' expectations, and evolving societal needs. Governments that adapt to these trends are better positioned to meet the evolving needs of...

    The social fragility in Iraq and its repercussions

    Ahmed Khedair Hussein - Sociology researcher and academic. Introduction: Iraq suffers from a markedly social fragility problem, facing a growing state of social unrest and citizen-state gaps. Some of these problems are attributed to the lack of social and health protection services, the lack of job opportunities, the increased pressures caused...

    A brief knowledge of the stages of the electoral process in Iraq

    Ali Hussein Sufih - Political advisor in the Department of Political Parties and Organizations Affairs. Introduction: Elections in all forms are one of the most important forms of political participation and democratic transformations in the world, and they are the main means for the peaceful deliberation of power, strengthening political participation, ensuring...

    Baghdad’s options in protecting Iraqi communities in the West: Sexual orientations as a model

    Raed Shihab Ahmed - Professor of Political Science, Iraqi University Introduction The issue of homosexuality is not new, but its increasing spread may generate government reactions in Muslim-majority countries and others popular with Arab and Muslim communities in Western countries. Although the enactment of laws is a purely internal issue, the...

    Saudi-Israeli normalization and its repercussions on the Middle East

    Ahmed Matar - Researcher Introduction On September 15, 2020, the UAE, Bahrain, and Israel signed a peace agreement in the White House under American auspices, within the so-called Abrahamic agreements, which were the first normalization agreement with (Israel) after the Camp David agreement in 1977 and the Wadi Araba agreement in...

    Turning climate change threats into opportunities

    Azzam Alloush - researcher Introduction In recent years, Iraq has witnessed frequent and escalating dust storms and increasing temperatures in Iraq and the region (3 to 5 degrees Celsius, compared to the 1960s). We have seen multiple droughts in the past two decades, and even snowfall and rainfall appear to be...