Author Description

Some may wonder about the reason for organizing a new seminar that exceeds the limits of the scientific papers and approaches political issues, and the purpose thereof. The reason is ostensible and explicit. The Center regards the occupation of Iraq as a part of an American plan to redraw the map of the region with only the American objectives in view. Therefore, what happens in Iraq influences, and will continue to influence, not only Iraq but also the entire Arab nation; indeed it will even have critical consequences and repercussions on the regional and international scenes. Whereas the Center is convinced that the occupation of Iraq will give rise to Arab, regional, and international turbulence and instability that will influence, positively or negatively, for a long term of time, the future of the Arab nation, therefore, the Center feels strongly, that it is obliged, as a matter of priority, to devote to the subject the energy and efforts it deserves. This book addresses what was not previously addressed; namely Iraq's future and it is dealt with by an elite, consisted of 108 scholars, all Iraqi of different disciplines of knowledge; the majority of them (66) live inside Iraq, the others outside of their homeland but in constant touch with Iraq's and Iraqis concerns, particularly those resulting from foreign occupation.