Iraq Elections: Functions and Internal and Regional Implications and Power Balances

The collapse of the ISIS in Iraq was the end of a process and the end of an American-Zionist project aided and abetted by their Arab allies that had implications for them, in proportion to their positive and negative roles, and the integrity of Iraq. The vast costs of supporting the ISIS and Takfiri movements led to a negative effect of these political, social, and factional and security investments of the supporters of this project that lost their previous potential and status. Therefore, the end of the ISIS had different implications for many of the power factors and also the political and social status of both internal and external actors; the ISIS collapse potentially led to a new era of transformations. This report is mainly concerned with reviewing the aspects of this transformation and the new state of affairs which has revealed its first signs in the result of the elections and also the arena of power for the internal power and external political actors. The hypothesis that "the rules of the game and kind of acting have changed after the ISIS" must be proved in the ruling structure and the elections and reveal its functions. Establishing the parliament, selecting the Prime Minister, President, Parliament Speaker and the arrangement and approach of the cabinet are all different aspects of the expression of power in Iraq which will evidently be faced with the resistance of the losers of the project of supporting Takfiri terrorism in Iraq. Until this new period of power and its functions and implications aren't totally established or matured, the victory over the ISIS needs to pass the turning point and challenges and get turned into concrete achievements in different layers of power and security and political status.