The Political Rationalities
Ibrahim Al-Abadi
A selected number of academics, activists, and interested parties gathered at Al-Baidar Center for Studies and Planning on Tuesday, August 15th, to attend the speech of the Iraqi ambassador Luqman Al-Faili. Al-Faili discussed the unification of German states in 1990, lessons learned, and the potential for Iraq to gain from this experience. Al-Faili discussed how the German success story was shaped by the will, party culture, economic ability, and diplomatic apparatus.
Al-Baidar Center for Studies and Planning has organized two significant events that have brought researchers together. The first presentation was given by Dr. Hisham Al-Alawi, the current deputy secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a former ambassador to South Africa, who discussed the challenges of governance, corruption, development, and political integration in South Africa as well as how the country managed to succeed to some extent despite great adversity. The second was given by Ambassador Al-Faili himself, who gave a thorough description of the political history of Germany just after World War I, the time when various parties and movements fought and caused political strife, partisan clashes, and a significant ideological split.
