By Joseph E. Fallon Fulfilling a campaign promise1, on May 8, 2018, President Trump announced the United States will withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and begin reinstating economic sanctions on Tehran.2 Numerous legal precedents, spanning several decades, exist for President Trump’s … [Read more...]
THE GEOMETRY OF THE GAME OF THRONES: FROM BALANCE TO POWER PROJECTION AND EFFICACY
http://ll-c.ooyala.com/e1/R5ZHRxYjE6nxmjZ0h7fg3M1v1AU9w0oI/promo322956459 Efthymiopoulos MARIOS-PANAGIOTIS, PhD* Abstract. A ”real Game of Thrones” is being developed across a ”rhombus region”. It includes countries of strategic and geopolitical importance with diverse interests. This … [Read more...]
Three Geopolitical Threats to Saudi Arabia
Joseph E. FALLON Trei ameninţări geopolitice la adresa Arabiei Saudite Orientul Mijlociu este agitat de convulsiile extremismului Sunni şi a tulburărilor Shia, cu ultimele crescând influenţa Iranului în regiune. Acestea pun trei ameninţări geopolitice la adresa Arabiei Saudite – a guvernului său, … [Read more...]
The National Strategy for Higher Education in Iraq (2011-2012)
Assistant prof. counselor dr. Muhsin Abd ALI Prof. dr. Abdul Sahib NAJAM Introduction The higher education and scientific research sector is considered to be a leading sector of society, for its production of knowledge, which contributes to achieving the progress of the countries and that of … [Read more...]
The USA’s 2003 Invasion of Iraq: It’s Effects on the World and Regional Systems and Implications for Turkey
Bilgay DUMAN It is possible to say that, after the collapse of the bipolar world system of the cold war in 1990, the international system started to take on a new shape. It is difficult to state that during the 90’s the developments in international politics had a defined path. But the dramatic … [Read more...]
2003. Iraq, Year Zero Understanding the Errors of Yesterday to Better Understand the Current Issues
Michele BRUNELLI Most part of the recent literature over the Iraqi crisis takes into consideration the future development of a State that has been progressively dismantled by a wrong approach and a wrong policy towards the issues and the threats posed by the fall of Saddam Hussein. But the majority … [Read more...]
Energetic Strategies of Iraq
Cristina ALEXANDRESCU Iraq, a Moslem country in the Middle East, located between the Tigris and the Euphrates, represents the cradle of the first civilizations, of monotheism, but also of writing. Subsequently, for approaching our days, the Iraqi have been doing very well in the period of the … [Read more...]
Geography of Iraq
Essam ALSADI Présentation géographique de l’Irak (présentation succincte) De climat continental, l’Irak a une superficie de 444.442 km2 dont 208.464 km2 de désert, soit 46,9% de la superficie totale. Ce pays ne représente pas une unité géographique hétérogène. En effet, sa structure est marquée … [Read more...]
Iraq – The Next Global Energy Powerhouse. Key Findings of the Iraq Energy Outlook
Eugenia GUSILOV The International Energy Agency (IEA) released this October a special report which is considered a landmark in the institution’s World Energy Outlook series. The purpose of this article is to present the key findings of this report, which looks at Iraq’s present situation, assesses … [Read more...]
Iraq’s Energy Strategy: a Mid and long Term View
Thamir A. GHADHBAN I will start with a quick review of the political developments over the past few years, and I will then attempt to offer a diagnosis of the current shortcomings of the Iraqi energy sector and I will offer what I believe are the fundamental principles that constitute the … [Read more...]