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Debates on Federalism in Iraq and Water Management Issues |
| Oil and natural gas are the two leading natural resources of Iraq. Those two resources are the most important issues that take attention both in Iraq and in assessments about Iraq. As an addition, those resources are also constitutes the ground for the debates about federalism... |
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Water Resources of Iraq and Iraqi Constitution |
Iraq is known as a water stress country. This is an expected situation due to arid and semi-arid climate conditions of Iraq’s geographical location. However, relating Iraq’s water stress with only geographical and climatic conditions is inadequate since it means ignoring the whole problem..
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UN and Syria Crisis : Reasons of The Foreign Intervention? |
| Right after the withdrawal of the Arab observation delegation from Syria, the Arab League and some of the EU countries introduced a draft resolution, which includes President Bashar Assad's transference of authority to his Vice-President and creation of a new national unity... |
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Orientalism, Empire and Turkish Foreign Policy |
| A considerable amount of weight has been given to the argument that Turkish foreign policy has taken a neo Ottoman turn over the last few years and not always without sufficient grounds. Of course some criticisms are charged with cliché characterizations...
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The Implications Of Al Hakim’s Visit To Turkey |
| One of the prominent Iraqi Shiite leaders Ammar al-Hakim, the president of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, has come to Turkey with a committee during a period that the tension between Turkey and Iraq is escalating... |
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Political Crisis In Iraq And Turkey's Approach |
| While the political crisis, which broke out after the arrest warrant issued for Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi and after Hashimi took shelter in Kurdish Regional Government, continues; it seems that the crisis between Iraqi political groups and administrative levels... |
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Maliki’s new steps that escalate tension |
Maliki, in his statements, has argued that Turkey is interfering with the internal affairs of Iraq; however, he has failed to accuse the US, which occupied the country as of 2003, or Iran of doing the same, especially given that Iran even interfered with the appointment of its government.
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Will Al-Maliki Be A Regional Threat? |
After the US withdrawal, the Shi'ite Prime Minister Maliki's show of force, which also threatens the regional countries, is gradually increasing in Iraq, where the conflicts between the ethnic and sectarian groups remain...
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Arab Spring, Islamic Winter and Aftermath |
| Post Arab Spring political landscape is dominated by political parties of Islamic roots. From Tunisia, the main window of Arab Spring; Egypt, Morocco, and now results from Algeria show those Islamic political parties are going to have decisive say in their parliaments.... |
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Search For Stability In Post-Saleh Yemen |
| The civil commotion in Yemen was launched on January 16th 2011, upon the fact that approximately 30-people group with Mrs. Tawakel Karman, who would receive Nobel Peace Prize later on, organized a demonstration in Sana'a University to make Yemeni President... |
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