Congratulations

The Dean of the College of Political Sciences at Al-Nahrain University, Professor Dr. Osama Murtada Baqir Al-Saidi, extends his warmest congratulations to Dr. Nour Al-Din Abdullah Nayef Al-Jarnan, a faculty member at the college, on the occasion of his PhD graduation. The thesis was titled “The Employment of Geopolitical Theories and their Impact on Russian Strategic Thought after 2000: A Study of Hypotheses of Competition and Conflict” from the College of Political Sciences – University of Baghdad.

The discussion committee consisted of:

• Prof. Dr. Hala Khalid Hamid, Chairman
• Prof. Dr. Abbas Hashim Aziz, Member
• Prof. Dr. Munem Khamis Makhlaf, Member
• Prof. Dr. Salman Ali Hussein, Member
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdul Jabbar Ismail, Member
• Prof. Dr. Ammar Hamid Yassin, Member and Supervisor

The thesis explored topics related to geopolitics, conceptual approaches, and geopolitical theories, focusing on Eurasianism, modern Eurasianism, the fourth political theory, ethnic genesis theory, and the theory of the center of development. It also examined the future applications of these theories in Russia, particularly in relation to Ukraine and the Russian-Ukrainian war. The study reached several important conclusions and recommendations in this regard.