Shaheen Fawzy- Researcher specializing in counter-terrorism affairs
This paper attempts to prepare an analytical tool to assess the nature of the threats that ISIS is trying to impose inside Iraqi territory, especially after the alarming increase in its operational activities and levels recently. The increase in these activities indicates a...
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...
Dr. Firas Elias / Researcher
Introduction
It is no secret to anyone that the complex nature of the conflicts in the Sinjar district today. Some of them stem from the nature of the Iraqi internal reality, which is represented by the struggle for influence and control between the armed groups in...
Ali Najat: writer and researcher specializing in Middle Eastern affairs and Islamic movements.
Salafi-jihadi movements are based on strong and attractive leadership. A review of the history of Islamic movements in the last century in the Middle East and North Africa shows that the leadership factor, especially the charismatic leader,...
In 2017 the office of the National Security Advisor published the Iraqi Cybersecurity Strategy (ICS), marking the first substantial and public effort by the Iraqi state to analyze the deficiencies in national cyber policy; drawing a road map for the construction of a cyber suprastructure for the nation to...
Dr. Bassem Ali Khreisan / Professor at the College of Political Science – University of Baghdad.
Global Firepower GFP has provided a unique analysis of data on 140 modern military forces since 2006. The GFP rating is based on each country's potential ability to wage war over land, sea, and...
Ali Adnan Mohammad:Researcher and observer of political affairs.
Political propaganda is one of the tools for building bridges of political communication between political parties and movements on the one hand and the public on the other hand, and from here political parties and movements seek to reach the largest possible...
Dr. Bassem Ali Khreisan
"Internet of Things" (IoT) has not been around for long, however, there have been visions of machines communicating with each other since the early 1800s, and those machines providing direct communications since the telegraph had developed (the first land line) in the 1830s and 1840s, which...
Dr. Bassem Ali Khreisan
The 2021 Organized Crime Index draws on analysis and input from 120 experts from across the continents and a comprehensive literature review on the Index and reports on groups such as the mafia, criminal networks, state actors, and foreign criminals.
The dedicated website - ocindex.net - provides...
The Middle East, known as the hottest and most tense region in the world, has witnessed the formation of three United States-led international alliances in the early years of the current century, intending to combat terrorism and confront destabilizing processes and regional security.
The first alliances were in 2001, after...
