{"id":5780,"date":"2025-11-10T05:27:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T05:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pol.nahrainuniv.edu.iq\/en\/?p=5780"},"modified":"2025-11-10T08:43:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:43:37","slug":"scientific-discussion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pol.nahrainuniv.edu.iq\/en\/scientific-discussion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The College of Political Science at Al-Nahrain University held a master&#8217;s thesis defense titled &#8220;Preemption and Threat Perception in American Strategy: Obama and Trump as Models&#8221; by Hayder Jalal Sadoun Al-Nuaimi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thesis Summary:<br>The thesis aims to analyze the concepts of preemption and threat perception in American strategy, focusing on the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. It examines how preemption and threat perception are used as key tools to address traditional and non-traditional threats, such as international terrorism, cyber attacks, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thesis Committee:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prof. Dr. Amer Hisham Awad (Chairman)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asst. Prof. Dr. Dunia Jawad Matlak (Member)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Qasim Hadi (Member)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Ali Fares Hamid (Member and Supervisor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Importance of the Study:<br>The study highlights the importance of preemption and threat perception in American strategy, shedding light on the mechanisms of preventive planning and threat perception in a volatile and uncertain international environment. 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