Publications

Peer-Reviewd Publications (Academic Articles)

1-  Mistaffa, J. and Muhamad, S. (2023), The Iraqi 2021 Parliamentary Elections:  fairness in representativeness and the strengthening of democracy (in Kurdish) (to be published in the Volume 64/2023 Edition of the Journal of Zankoy Sulaimani Part_B_for Humanities).

2-  Mistaffa, J. and Ahmed, O. (2023), Administrative Decentralisation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq between Laws and Reality (in Kurdish), The Journal of Political and Security Studies, Vol.6, Issue 1, p 47-70.

3-  Mistaffa, J. (2020), The Parliamentary Elections of 2018 in Kurdistan Region: unfairness inrepresentation and its solution (in Kurdish), Journal of Political and Security Studies, Volume 3, Issue 5, p 191-210. 

4-  O’Flynn, I., Sood, G., Mistaffa, J. & Saeed, N (2019). What future for Kirkuk? Evidence from a deliberative intervention, Democratization, Vol. 26, Issue 7, Pages 1299-1317 

5-  Mistaffa, J. (2018), The Kurds in Iraq: Problem and Solution Attempts, Journal of Political and Security Studies, Volume 1, NO. 1, pp 127-156. 

Books

1-  Mistaffa, J. et al (2019) The Revival of the Terrorist Groups in the Disputed Territories (in English, Arabic, and Kurdish), the Center of Future Studies, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. 

2-  Mistaffa, J. (2017) Ethnofederalism and Political Instability in Iraq (Chapter 22 in Arabic in a book titled “ المسألة الطائفیة و صناعة الأقلیات في الوطن العربي”) published by Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies. The book is available online here: https://www.dohainstitute.org/ar/BooksAndJournals/Pages/artc1d7f287.aspx

3-  Mistaffa, J. et al (2018) The Future of Kirkuk between Erbil and Baghdad (in English, Arabic, and Kurdish). The Center of Future Studies, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. This book is available online for free. The english version can be found here: https://www.centerfs.org/files/2018/11/The-Future-of-Kirkuk-Report-Tayp.pdf

Conferences and symposium activities  

1-   A Panel Moderator at the international symposium entitled ‘Greece and Iraqi Kurdistan: Common Challenges and Solutions’ organized by the University of Sulaimani (February 2023).

2-   Keynote Speaker at the University of Sulaimani’s International Conference titled ‘The National Identity of the Kurds in a New World Order’ held 29th October 2019 with a presentation titled ‘The Decline of Kurdish Nationalism in Iraqi Kurdistan’. (2019)

3-   Presented in Charmo University Conference with a paper entitled ‘Political Instability in post-2003 Iraq’ (2016)

4-   Presented a paper at the symposium of ‘The Future of the Iraqi State’ organised by the University of Human Development (2016) 

5-   Presented in the Post Graduate Conferences at Newcastle University (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) 

6-   Presented a paper entitled ‘Can Federal Institutions Counterbalance Political Culture in Setting the Agenda of the Iraqi Political Elites?’ at the American University in Cairo (2013)

7-   Presented a paper at the Third Annual Conference on Issues of Democratic Governance: Sectarianism and the Manufacturing of Minorities in the Greater Arab Mashreq in Amman/Jordan (2014)