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    Assessment of administrative, teaching, and research objectives, policies, and priorities at Iraqi universities

    Dr. Mohammad Al Rubaie This study is a comprehensive external institutional review process, highlights our findings and recommendations from the evaluation of eight Iraqi universities, and includes strategic planning, leadership, management, human resources, and community participation. The review also covered educational events, education, and learning, involving students and graduates, academic...

    Pope Francis’ Once Again in the Arab World

    Iraqis are preparing to host His Holiness, Pope Francis, in an official visit on March 5th. This visit, which will last four days, comes as the World goes through the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many hope that this visit will support the region's stability and promote peace...

    The role of ethnicities, religions and sects in Iraq

    The cultural, political and religious matrix which evolved from the ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian, Arab and Ottoman civilisations, amongst others, helped to make the Arabs the dominant race amongst the population of modern-day Iraq, followed by the Kurds and the Turkmen. The present-day demographics of Iraq are...

    Survey: Assessment of the performance of the Iraqi Government 2020 – 2021

    After the election of the new government headed by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi following protests on October 1, 2019, the government came with a political consensus to achieve several tasks. first, to limit arms to the State, second, to undertake the necessary economic reforms to revive the living situation...

    The Iraqi Constitution: Analysis of the Controversial Articles -Solutions and Recommendations

    The protests on October 1, 2019, brought the issue of constitutional amendments back to the light as a fundamental part of reforming the Iraqi political system, which reached a challenging stage for the unity of the country and the harmony of its people. The constitution was written in extremely, complicated...

    The protests in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the injustices of the Kurdish parties against the Kurds

    Over the past two weeks, the Kurdistan region has witnessed extremely tough times, a situation that is all too familiar to the Kurds of this country. The utter incompetence of the region’s officials, all of them from the top to the bottom; the endemic corruption; the incompetence; the discrimination;...

    When and where will Biden will impact the oil market?

    Biden is viewed by oil producers (traditional and Shale oil) with suspicion. He doesn’t miss any occasion without talking about the transition to clean energy and his plans; To reduce carbon emissions from oil, reviewing the numbers of jobs he hopes to achieve under the alternative energy of Americans,...

    Higher education in Iraq. Critical approaches and insights

    Al-Bayan Center for Planning and Studies experienced difficulties in holding its third annual conference for 2020, entitled "Higher Education in Iraq: critical approaches and insights", following the Covid-19 pandemic in Iraq and the world. The spread of the pandemic has revealed the structural weakness of State institutions in various...

    Armenia and the Turkey-Russia Agreement

    Dr. Ali Abbas, Ph.D. in Ancient South Eastern History, University of Warsaw.          On the night of 9-10 November, Russia (and Turkey with a smaller part) won a great victory after reaching the agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh , but on the other hand, that agreement was a loss for the Armenian...

    POWERING IRAQ: CHALLENGES FACING THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR IN IRAQ

    On February 21, 2020, Iraq recorded its first case of the novel coronavirus. Five months later, total recorded cases are 129 000 at the time of writing, and daily reported deaths almost 100. The crisis has battered the country’s economic development plans, and put an indefinite question mark over the realisation of a massive US$ 15...