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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INNOVATIVE ECONOMY</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">INNOVATIVE ECONOMY</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Инновационная экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2413-5607</issn></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">49042</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Iraq: the main problems of modern development and ways to overcome them</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Ирак: основные проблемы современного развития и пути их преодоления</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Ahmed</surname><given-names>Nadir Nadir Ahmed</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ахмед</surname><given-names>Надир Надир Ахмед</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Postgraduate Student of the Department of Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Аспирант кафедры политической экономии Экономического факультета </p></bio><email>1042205142@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов (РУДН)</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-03-20" publication-format="electronic"><day>20</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-03-20"><day>20</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-03-20"><day>20</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, INNOVATIVE ECONOMY</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Инновационная экономика</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">INNOVATIVE ECONOMY</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Инновационная экономика</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/in-econ/article/view/49042">https://journals.rudn.ru/in-econ/article/view/49042</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><italic>The article analyzes the problems that have been gradually accumulating for half a century and have caused the current decline in the country's economy. For decades, Iraq has been subject to pressure and political crises that have prevented full and stable economic development. At the same time, Iraq has significant economic potential for sustained economic growth. The purpose of this article is to present an analysis of the main problems of economic development in Iraq since the end of the twentieth and the first decades of the twenty-first century. Research methods: analysis and generalization of economic indicators and the development of strategic ideas.</italic></p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><italic>В статье дан анализ проблем, которые постепенно накапливались в течение уже полувека и стали причиной современного упадка в экономике страны. В течение десятилетий Ирак был подвержен давлению и политическим кризисам, которые не давали возможности полноценного и стабильного экономического развития. В то же время </italic><italic>Ирак располагает значительным экономическим потенциалом для обеспечения устойчивого экономического роста. Цель данной статьи – представить анализ основных проблем экономического развития Ирака с конца ХХ и первых десятилетиях </italic><italic>XXI в. Методы исследования: анализ и обобщение экономических показателей и развития стратегических идей. </italic></p></trans-abstract><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Aidrоus I.A.Z., Semicheva V.O., Berezina A.E. Vliyaniye ekonomicheskikh sanktsiy na Irak [The impact of economic sanctions on Iraq]. Nauchnoye obozreniye. Seriya 1: Ekonomika i parvo, 2015, No. 6, pp. 108-118.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Айдрус И.А.З., Семичева В.О., Березина А.Э. Влияние экономических санкций на Ирак // Научное обозрение. 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