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    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...

    Iraq and its chances of being a successful mediator between Iran and Saudi Arabia

    Hamid Redha Al-Ibrahimi For a while, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has been seeking to fill the role of mediator, and to open a closed channel of dialogue between Riyadh and Tehran; In order to ease the tension in the region, and play a leading role in providing political weight, represented...

    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...

    The final results of the Iraqi elections

    The Independent High Electoral Commission’s announcement of the final results of the elections on the 30th of November 2021 came to confirm the resolution of the election controversy and its results, which lasted 50 days, accompanied by rejection of the results, and objections to the entire electoral process. Announcing...

    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...

    Iraq’s rank in Global Corruption Perceptions Index 2020

    The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index that ranks countries “by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys”. The index is published annually by the non-governmental organization Transparency International since 1995. Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 – published in January 2021,...

    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...

    Political opposition (how should it be?)

    Dr. Adnan Sabeeh Thamer There have been debates about the political opposition since the last parliamentary session (2018), in which the National Wisdom Movement, led by Ammar Al-Hakim, announced as the first force that explicitly indicated that it would choose the political opposition within Parliament, and promote a program that...