TY - JOUR ID - 84841 TI - Challenges of Water Resources Policy in Iran and Iraq JO - Iranian Journal of Public Policy JA - JPPOLICY LA - en SN - 2538-5577 AU - Nasri, Sedighe AU - Kaviani Rad, Morad AU - Sadrania, Hassan AU - Hamid, Hussein AD - Assistant Professor, Public Policy, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran AD - Associate Professor, Political Geography, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran AD - Assistant Professor, Political Geography, Research Institute of Strategic Studies, Tehran, Iran AD - Assistant Professor, GIS, Duhok University, Duhok, Iraq Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 237 EP - 262 KW - Comprehensive Water Resources Management KW - Policy making KW - Food security KW - Iran KW - Iraq DO - 10.22059/jppolicy.2021.84841 N2 - Water resources management in the joint watersheds of Iran & Iraq is one of the challenges facing policymakers, which is increasing in importance due to the economic, political, social, geopolitical & climatic conditions of each country. In order to provide an efficient solution & model, this paper first identifies the challenges of joint water resources policy & then to the question of what is the appropriate model to overcome the challenges? Answer. Therefore, with a combined approach of library resources, documents & Delphi method focused on open & semi-structured interviews with Iranian & Iraqi experts, the variables were identified & then the results were analyzed & evaluated by structural analysis method & Mick Mac software. The results show that weakness in the policy of the two countries & food security are among the most strategic variables that can be overcome by using an integrated management model. UR - https://jppolicy.ut.ac.ir/article_84841.html L1 - https://jppolicy.ut.ac.ir/article_84841_1a2a9cc0ccf8897f75207bfe0de008d9.pdf ER -