{"id":6315,"date":"2026-03-01T05:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pol.nahrainuniv.edu.iq\/en\/?post_type=student_affairs&#038;p=6315"},"modified":"2026-03-01T05:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:50:08","slug":"phd-dissertation-defense-2","status":"publish","type":"student_affairs","link":"https:\/\/pol.nahrainuniv.edu.iq\/en\/student_affairs\/phd-dissertation-defense-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Dissertation Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A PhD dissertation titled &#8220;China and the Middle East: A Study of Sino-Arab Partnerships after 2020&#8221; was defended by Ihsan M. Abdul Hussain Al-Jawahiri at the College of Political Science, Al-Nahrain University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Committee:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prof. Dr. Haitham K. Saiwan (Chair)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Shaimaa A. Fadhil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Akhlas Q. Nafil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Saad O. Alwan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Nasrin R. Shanshol<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Zainab A. Mankash (Supervisor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study Focus: China&#8217;s strategic economic partnerships with Middle East countries, particularly Arab states, leveraging energy resources and geostrategic location<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key Points: China&#8217;s economic diplomacy, soft power, and balanced approach in the region<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6316,"template":"","class_list":["post-6315","student_affairs","type-student_affairs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PhD Dissertation Defense - College of Political Science, Nahrain University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pol.nahrainuniv.edu.iq\/en\/student_affairs\/phd-dissertation-defense-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PhD Dissertation Defense - 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