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IRD Department Head Meets Mayor of London Borough of Lambeth On March 18th, 2024, the Head of International Relations and Diplomacy Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Tishk International University (TIU) Dr. Mohammad Salih Mustafa, met with Mr. Sarbaz Barznji, the Mayor of London Borough of Lambeth in the United Kingdom. The meeting centered on fruitful discussion of areas of mutual interest and benefit, especially those that could positively [...]

IRD Department Head Meets Governor of Sulaymaniyah in UK On March 18th, 2024, the Head of International Relations and Diplomacy Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Tishk International University (TIU) Dr. Mohammad Salih Mustafa, met with Dr. Haval Abubakir, the Governor of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, who was on a visit to the United Kingdom, and discussed strategically important issues that centre on security, peace and development of the [...]

Dr. Mohammad Salih Meets Labour Councillor of London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Head of International Relations and Diplomacy Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Tishk International University (TIU), Dr. Mohammad Salih Mustafa, met with Mr. Bakhtiar Mam Sheikh, Labour Councillor of the London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on March 16th, 2024, in London. The meeting afforded Dr. Mohammad Salih the opportunity to thank [...]

Diwan Director General Delivers Leader's Talk on KRG Road Safety Vision at TIU On December 6th, 2023, the International Relations and Diplomacy Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics at Tishk International University (TIU) organized a Leader's Talk titled: The KRG Road Safety Vision, delivered by Dr. Hemn Merany, Director General of Diwan, Ministry of Interior, Kurdistan Regional Government. The Leaders Talk began with an opening remark by the Head of IRD [...]

IRD Department Holds Open Lecture on Human Security in Contemporary Politics On October 19th, 2023, the International Relations and Diplomacy Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics (FASE) at Tishk International University (TIU) held an open lecture on "Human Security in Contemporary Politics." The lecture began with a welcome address by the Head of IRD Department, Dr. Mohammad Salih Mustafa, who introduced the distinguished speaker, Dr. Salar S. Ismael from [...]

The Al Araby TV has released the second episode of the biography of the Late President of the Republic of Iraq, Jalal Talabani. This episode further showcases the life, politics, ideology, struggles, engagement with foreign countries, achievements, and contributions of President Talabani to the democratic growth and development of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq as a whole. The Head of International Relations and Diplomacy Department, Dr. Mohammad Salih Mustafa, [...]

In its July edition 2023, Webometrics ranked Tishk International University (TIU) FIRST among all private universities in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. Moreover, TIU has maintained its SECOND position among all universities in the Kurdistan Region but has moved up to rank 12 among all universities in Iraq. On a global scale, TIU is now ranked 3129 as opposed to 3333 in August 2022. Further, considering the TRANSPARENT RANKING: [...]

At the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics (FASE), every semester, each academic staff member is going to lecture at least one hour-long lecture that will be open to all students at the university, staff, and other stakeholders. The topics will be carefully chosen to attract a diverse range of attendees. An open lecture will be planned to cover the subject of the lectures given by the lecturer and [...]

The Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics (FASE) is proud to announce the publication of its first Business World Bulletin. The bulletin is available online and can be accessed via the following Link: Business World Bulletin – TIU

The Academic staff of International Relations and Diplomacy Department, along with 3rd and 4th grade students had on 28th November, 2022, visited the Parliament of Kurdistan Region, Iraq as a scientific trip to enlighten and broaden students' horizons, especially with regard to the practical side of parliamentary functions and protocols. The IRD team, led by the Head of Department, Dr. Mohammad Salih Mustafa had the honor of meeting with the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Dr. Hemn [...]

The International Relations and Diplomacy Department is, today, 22nd November, 2022, honored to receive Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhanad Seloom from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar. Dr. Muhanad is a scholar of international repute, especially in the areas of international security, military and strategic studies, government security policy analysis, and counter-terrorism. The Department discussed likely areas of collaboration with the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, as most of [...]

The International Relations and Diplomacy Department organized a training course on how to use Microsoft Office in writing thesis for the students of the department. The training has been conducted by Mr. Bayad Sarwar the Research Assistant of International Relations and Diplomacy Department. He showed the students how to use Microsoft Office properly and efficiently during writing there graduation projects. The trainer clarified the main features of Microsoft Word that [...]

Gender Based-Violence Seminar Presentation Mr. Bayad Sarwar presented a seminar on Gender-Based Violence on November 9th, 2022, where he explained GBV, its causes, types, effects and solutions. He explained Gender-Based Violence as harmful acts directed at an individual based on their gender. GBV is rooted in gender inequality, abuse of power and harmful norms. It is also the act of inflicting violence on someone because of that person’s gender. He also took [...]

The International Relations and Diplomacy Department sent a delegation, comprising the Head of the Department, Dr. Mohammad Salih Mustafa and Mr. Bayad Sarwar to represent it at the Annual Conference of the STOP Organization, held on November 8th, 2022, at Dedeman Hotel, Erbil. The theme of the conference was: Monitoring and Evaluation - The Reform Steps of KRG. The conference provided the needed platform for the participants, where some of the [...]

Workshop on the World Freedom Day The International Relations and Diplomacy Department organized a workshop on the occasion of World Freedom Day on November 9th, 2022. The World Freedom Day was declared first on November 9th, 2001, by the Former President of the United States of America, George W. Bush as a federal observance day to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communist rule in [...]

Seminar Presentation on the Prophet and Diplomacy The Head of International Relations and Diplomacy Department, Dr. Mohammad Salih Mustafa presented a seminar on the Holy Prophet and Diplomacy on November 7th, 2022, in which he traced the historical trajectory of how Prophet Muhammad used diplomacy as an instrument for promoting peace, tolerance, accommodation and representation during his prophetic period. Dr. Mohammad took the audience through how the peaceful mobilization and [...]

Successful Completion of Qualitative Research Training Course and Presentation of Certificates The International Relations and Diplomacy Department successfully completed 24 hours of Qualitative Research Training Course, aimed at enabling researchers, especially TIU academic staff to learn the basics of qualitative research and the use of NVIVO software in qualitative data analysis. The training started on 1st September, 2022 spread across 6 weeks, with the last week, held on 3rd November, 2022. The 1st week had Asst. [...]

The International Relations and Diplomacy Department is honored to host Mr. Armand Mohamad Majed, the President of National Construction and Development Foundation, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The Foundation's areas of focus and operations are relevant to the Department, and for this, the Department had a fruitful discussion with the President on the areas to collaborate for mutual benefit and development of the Kurdistan Region in particular and Iraq in general. [...]

The International Relations and Diplomacy Department congratulates its members of Academic staff on the issuance of appreciation and overall very satisfactory Quality Assurance letters for their excellent performance during the 2021-2022 Academic Year by the University. The Department enjoins them to see this as a good form of motivation to continue to put in their best for the development of the Department, Faculty and University.

The Fourth week’s sessions (1,2,3) of the qualitative research training course, being organized by the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Tishk International University, were held and delivered successfully by the course instructor, Dr. Mohammad Salih on 6th October, 2022. The week covered Research Ethics: meaning and importance, Ethical issues in research, Classifications and Library.  

The International Relations and Diplomacy Department is honored to receive a delegation from the STOP Organization on 19th September, 2022, with whom the IRD Department plans to do its community service in October, 2022. Further areas of collaboration, such as joint workshops, conferences and participation in each other's activities were discussed.

The third week's sessions (1,2,3) of the qualitative research training course, being organized by the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Tishk International University, were held and delivered successfully by the course instructor, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Arabaci on 15th  September, 2022. The week covered Data Collection Methods for Qualitative Research: Document Analysis, Interview, Observation, Focus Group Discussion, Discourse Analysis, etc., Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA): A [...]

The second week's sessions (1,2,3) of the qualitative research training course, being organized by the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Tishk International University, were held and delivered successfully by the course instructor, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Arabaci on 8th  September, 2022. The week covered Research: Research Design: How to Set Research Questions, Objectives, Propositions or Hypotheses; Literature Review: Meaning, Importance, Types & Sources; and [...]

The Department of International Relations and Diplomacy is honored to host Mr. Jeremy Barker, The RFI Senior Program Officer and Director, Middle East Action Team. The Department discussed areas of collaboration with him, with a view to ensuring religious freedom, tolerance, stability and development in the region and the world.

The IRD Department is pleased to announce that, it has emerged one of the top departments at Tishk International University from the student feedback survey with 4.2 score for the 2021-2022 academic year. The Department would like to express its sincere gratitude to the University management for providing it with the enabling environment to function as an academic unit. The Department is also grateful to the staff for their commitment [...]

The first week's sessions (1,2,3) of the qualitative research training course, being organized by the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Tishk International University, were held and delivered successfully by the course instructor, Asst. Prof. Dr. Basiru Musa on 1st September, 2022. The week covered Research: Meaning and Raison d'être, Research Paradigms: Positivism, Post-Positivism, Social Constructivism/Interpretivism, Pragmatism and Critical Theory. It also covered Typology [...]

successfully completed 24 training hours on Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Sciences Research, on 12th June 2022, which was organized by the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics. The training further equipped the staff with the latest research ideas and tools, which are crucial to teaching and learning, and which would be of academic benefit. Training Title: Quantitative Data analysis for social sciences research Trainers: Mr. Karwan H. Saeed,  Assist. Prof. Dr. Wasfi T. [...]

The Head of International Relations & Diplomacy Department participated in the stream of migration and displacement workshop held by the Middlesex University London, London School of Economics and Political Science and the American University in Kurdistan.  

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine a threat to international order seminar presented by Mr. Dana Sajadi, Lecturer of IRD Department. in the seminar Mr. Dana mentioned that The escalation of events during the several years and the failure of diplomatic channels led to war between Russia and Ukraine.    

The internal seminar was on Creative leads to innovation that presented by Dr. Mohammad Salih, in the seminar Dr. Mohammad highlighted that, being a teacher is only the start of a long-life journey in which everyday we need to learn and to put into practice what we are learning. This seminal is a land of creativity exercise for practitioner.

The seminar explains the concept of human security, the seven (7) types of security (economic, political, food, health, environmental, personal and community), top-down and bottom-up strategies for achieving human security, and the vital importance of human security to human life and stability of societies, states, and the world.

The Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, International Relations & Diplomacy Department organized a workshop on "Middle East Conflict". The workshop was conducted by Dr. Mohammed Salih, Lecturer at the International Relations Department of TIU. In this presentation, Dr. Mohammed Salih described the importance of the audience with the basis for developing a systematic understanding of the Middle East’s politics, addressing the roots and the causes of the conflicts from [...]

The International Relations Department of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics of TIU, in collaboration with the Kurdistan Students Union, organized a workshop held on May 31st, 2021. The seminar, under the name of "Understanding Governmental and Political Affairs in KRI", was conducted by Mr. Zana Mala Khalid, and attended by TIU staff and students. During the workshop, Mr. Zana Mala Khalid highlighted the role and responsibilities of Parliament [...]

The Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, International Relations & Diplomacy Department organized a workshop on "Human Rights and Cultural Relativism". The workshop was presented by Dr. Asso Abdulla, lecturer of international relations. In this presentation, Dr. Asso Abdulla explained how the importance of the choice of the topic is justified by its interdisciplinary character; the first part of the seminar was devoted to clarifying the main concepts of the [...]

The Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, International Relations & Diplomacy Department organized a workshop on "Promoting Human Security:  A People-centered Approach" The workshop was conducted by Dr. Neville D’cunha, lecturer of international relations. In this presentation, Dr. Neville D’cunha presented the importance of peace, political stability, and protection for individuals and communities. The seminar aimed to enhance the knowledge and application of human security in society to solve existential [...]

The Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics/International Relations & Diplomacy Department has coordinated a workshop on “Missile Attacks on Erbil: Iraqi Kurdistan as an arena of confrontations between the Great, Regional Powers and their Proxies ”, to be held on May 25th, 2021. Presenters: Dr. Mohammed Salih Mustafa Dr. Asso Abdullah Hassan Intended audience: TIU staff TIU students National and International Audiences Venue: Hall 402, Engineering Building, Tishk International University Time: [...]

Tishk International University Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, International Relations and Diplomacy Department organized a workshop on "Peacebuilding approaches in the KRI", conducted on January 31st, 2021, in the Faculty of Education Hall 302. The aim of the workshop was to explain how KRI achieved its current level of peace, how we can build on the present base level, and how to maintain peace once it is established. The [...]

Dr. Hawraman Ali from the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of TIU recently published a book entitled: The Iraqi Kurds and the Cold War: regional politics, 1958-1975. The book is a product of several years of extensive research by the author and is published by a world-renowned publisher (Routledge), both in the UK and the USA in the English Language. Below is the book’s published synopsis: Examining the effects [...]