As part of his research efforts in regional and security studies, Dr. Firas Mohammed Ahmed Elias, a faculty member of the International Relations Branch at our college, has published a peer-reviewed research paper in English titled: "Iraq and The War on Iran: Transformations of the State and the Regional Sphere." The paper was published in the fifth issue (June 2026) of the Jordanian Journal of Politics and Society (JJPS), issued by the Politics and Society Institute (PSI) in Jordan.