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    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,...

    Iraq’s rank in the Global Organized Crime Index 2021

    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...

    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...

    Iraq’s rank in the English Proficiency Index EF-2020

    The EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) attempts to rank countries by the equity of English language skills amongst those adults who took the EF test. It is the product of EF Education First, an international education company, and draws its conclusions from data collected via English tests available...

    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...