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What factors influence the functioning of a political system according to the text?
Geographical location, historical experience, economic resources, social composition, and political culture
What are the two non-Arab states surrounding Iraq according to the text?
Iran and Turkey
What characterizes Iraq's relations with Jordan based on the text?
Stability and rapprochement for political and economic reasons
Why does Iraq need to search for a sea port according to the text?
Due to its geographical location not providing wide exposure to water
What causes political problems for Iraq's geographical location according to the text?
Its shape taking the form of a triangle and being surrounded by six states
Study Notes
- Iraq's political system is shaped by its societal context, legal frameworks, and ongoing interactions between entities.
- Societal Context:
- Geographical Location: Iraq is located in the East of the Arab Gulf, shaped like a triangle with a base in the Kurdish region and a vertex on the Arab Gulf, lacking a wide exposure to water, and surrounded by six states, two of which are non-Arab (Iran and Turkey).
- Historical Experience: Relations with neighbors have been unstable and conflictual, with periods of relief.
- Economic Resources: Not specified in the text.
- Social Composition: Not specified in the text.
- Political Culture: Not specified in the text.
- Iraq's geographical location has caused political problems, as it lacks a wide exposure to water and is surrounded by six states, two of which are non-Arab.
- Relations with Jordan have been stable and rapprochement for political and economic reasons.
- Iraq's instability and conflictual relations with some neighbors have been a significant influence on its political system.
- The text does not provide specific information about Iraq's economic resources, social composition, or political culture.
Learn about the influence of societal context, legal frameworks, and decision-making processes in the Iraqi political system.
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