Political Systems and Public Policy

Academic Staff

Oct. 22, 2026, 9:17 a.m.
Abdal Jumah Abdulrahman
Abdal Jumah Abdulrahman (PhD) Head of Department
Assistance Professor
Assistant Professor in Political Science and Political System and Public Policy

Political Systems and Public Policy
College of Political Sciences
University of Duhok
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  • Ph.D. in Political Science | Salahaddin University, 2020–2024.
  • M.A. in Political Science | Salahaddin University, 2014–2015.
  • B.A. in Political Science | Salahaddin University, 1996–1997.

  1. Public Administration / College of Law / University of Duhok (2015-2019).
  2. Political Sociology / College of Law / University of Duhok (2015-2022).
  3. Academic Debates / College of Law / University of Duhok (2017-2020).
  4. Political Geography / College of Law / University of Duhok (2017-2022).
  5. Research Methodology / College of Law / University of Duhok (2017-2020).
  6. Political Systems / College of Law / University of Duhok (2018-2020).
  7. Modern Political Thought / College of Law / University of Duhok (2018-2019).
  8. Contemporary Political Thought / College of Law / University of Duhok (2019-2020).
  9. Medieval Political Thought / College of Political Science / University of Duhok (2021-2022).
  10. Political system /College of Political Science / University of Duhok (2022-2023)
  11. Political Geography/College of Political Science / University of Duhok (2023-2024
  12. Political Sociology/College of Political Science / University of Duhok (2024-2025)
  13. Contemporary Political Thought /College of Political Science / University of Duhok (2025-2026)
  14. Modern Political Thought /College of Political Science / University of Duhok (2021-2022)

Research

  • Determinants and Obstacles to the Independence of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (2016).
  • The Regional Environment and Iraqi Foreign Policy: Turkey and Iran (2017).
  • The Legal and Political Dilemma of Iraqi Federalism (2018).
  • Region Formation in the Federal State: Federal Iraq as a Model.
  • The Concept of Strategic Role (2019). 6- The Legislative Role of the Head of State in a Semi-Presidential System: A Case Study of France.
  • Economic, Financial, and Administrative Obstacles to Administrative Decentralization in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Post-2014 (2025).
  • The Utilization of Counter-Terrorism in International Politics: The United States of America as a Model (2026).

Political Science and political System and Public Policy

  • The impact of the problem of administrative decentralization in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq on local development, Duhok Governorate as a model (2014-2023).
  • The role of media in developing electoral awareness, Rudaw TV as a model – an analytical study of the Kurdistan Region elections for the period (2014-2024)