{"id":47826,"date":"2026-10-12T10:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/politicalscience\/?p=47826"},"modified":"2026-10-12T10:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:42:23","slug":"d-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/politicalscience\/2026\/10\/12\/d-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of the International Relations Department at the University of Mosul College of Political Science, Professor Dr. Hazim Hamad Musa, Serves as a Member of a PhD Dissertation Defense Committee at Al-Nahrain University on Expectation Management Dynamics in a VUCA World"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>In pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education and Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, and in cooperation with the Department of Studies and Planning\/Sustainable Development Unit (at the Presidency of the University of Mosul), a PhD dissertation by student Karrar Nouri Hamid was defended at the College of Political Science, Al-Nahrain University. Entitled \u201cExpectation Management Dynamics in a VUCA World: The United States of America as a Case Study,\u201d the dissertation defense was held on Tuesday, 6 October 2026.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>The defense committee was chaired by Professor Dr. Suhad Ismail Khalil and included a number of faculty members, among them Professor Dr. Hazim Hamad Musa, Head of the International Relations Department at the University of Mosul College of Political Science.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>The dissertation examined the concept of expectation management in a global environment characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), highlighting the major challenges this environment poses to decision-making and foreign policy, while adopting the United States of America as a case study to examine mechanisms of expectation management and responses to rapidly evolving international developments.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Following the defense, the committee\u2019s 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Entitled \u201cExpectation Management Dynamics in a VUCA World: The United States of America as a Case Study,\u201d the dissertation defense was held on Tuesday, 6 October 2026. 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