back to top

Regional and international affairs

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...

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...

After the recent clash, how will Iran deal with the Taliban?

Although the sudden and incalculable clash between Afghan and Iranian border guards has stalled, fear of another conflict still looms in other areas of the Iranian border. As retired Iranian Foreign Ministry diplomat Syed Mahmoud Sadri discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and the reasons for their arrival...

“Russia and the New World Order”

Ahmed Globe Al-Mayahi - Ph.D. student at Tehran University Department of International Relations. Introduction: The growing military engagement between Ukraine and the West suggested that Ukraine (or Ukraine with NATO) might one day challenge Russia for the foreseeable future. So the country of great strategic importance to Russia as a buffer...

Strategy or tactic: Reading on the dimensions of Iran’s openness to Egypt

Faras Elias Iran recently succeeded in making critical diplomatic breakthroughs on the level of Arab-Iranian relations. After years of estrangement and agency wars, Iran has, in the past months, reached a consensual formula by which to end its conflict with Saudi Arabia. Taking advantage of Saudi Arabia's strategic need to...

Influence of Arab Forces on political forces in the Sudanese Crisis

Ali Saadi Abdul-Zahra - Teacher at the Faculty of Law/Al-Nahrin University Introduction: After the fall of Omar al-Bashir's rule, the military became divided between two armies, the first being the regular army led by al-Burhan, the second being the Rapid Support Forces led by Hemeti, and the latter having economic strength...

NATO Air Police and Operation Return to the Square

Dr. Atheer Nadhem Al-Jasour - Faculty of Political Science/Al-Mustansiriya University Summary: After the year (1989) the West-East conflict ended in theory or under what has been addressed by researchers and scholars in international relations and international politics due to the triumph of the capitalist camp led by the United States of...

Turkish elections: Their scenarios and impacts on Iraq

Omar Samir - Ph.D. student in political science at Istanbul University Hanin Saad al-Jubouri - master's student at Istanbul's Gresham University Introduction: The historical relations between Turkey and Iraq, and the bonds of religion, culture, and economy stretch back hundreds of years, and some pillars have maintained their strength from their inception...

Elections in Turkey: Contexts, Issues, and Scenarios

Peyman Eshaghi Turkey’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections will begin on May 14. The significance of this election is heightened by the fact that it will take place in the centennial year of the Republic of Turkey’s founding and that the country has been experiencing a deteriorating social and economic...