ملخص توالت النداءات من أجل تأمين نزاهة الإنتخابات في العراق منذ 2003 ، وتباينت في درجة التدخل الأممي من مراقبة أممية لكن تحت إشراف مؤسسات عراقية كما هو الحال الآن إلى الدعوة لوضع البلاد تحت الإنتداب كما يناقش في مجلس الأمن. تناقش المقالة بعض علامات الطريق في الدعوات للإشراف الأممي وتقترح خطوات محددة لتأمين درجة […]
Faisal L Kadri Abstract Re-assigning spheres of influence over the Middle East is old practice for world powers since Sykes-Picot and before. However, the division of spheres of the US and Russia/USSR over Iraq and Syria respectively seems to hold firm for well over half a century; events since 2003 seem to confirm that the […]
It is profane for the U.S. to adopt sectarian divisions in Afghanistan and the Middle East when all governments in recent history were secular.
Today with the widespread use of the internet and cellular phones the achievement of clean and transparent elections with international oversight is achievable if the political will exists.
A politicised census run by the current Government of Iraq means that many Iraqis will not be counted either by fear or by politically motivated exclusion, this will create a security and humanitarian situation in the region and will absolve the government of Iraq of its responsibilities towards its uncounted citizens, and will infringe on their human rights as recognized by the UN charter.
The March 2010 election may bring a situation where UN run Census and Election for Iraq is inevitable, here is why.
A scenario of a shared smaller Lebanon-sized Kurdistan is more viable, where all regional parties may benefit from its creation in the long run.
Self-regulation of elections in Iraq and Afghanistan has failed; there is always a joker in their deck of cards.
I watched a debate about the recent elections in the Kurdish region, the results showed the emergence of two opposition parties but not enough to pose serious threat to the domination of the KDP-PUK alliance. The existence of thousands of foreign observers was hailed but could not hide the claim of vote rigging and partiality […]
The year 2005 was highly eventful for Iraqi democracy, in January the first free elections since the fall of the monarchy was held, the election for a temporary parliament enjoyed popular legitimacy despite the Sunni Arab boycott, only 430 complaints of irregularities or one complaint per 20,000 votes were issued. The results were skewed in […]
