A geographical analysis of a military component, economic information, and Arab Iraq as a model

Abstract

The study attempts to shed light on the geopolitical role of the information economy in the Arab world, with special reference to Iraq, as the research showed that there is a large disparity between the Arab countries in the information economy, as the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia occupied the first ranks in the information economy, while Palestine, Djibouti, and Iraq occupied the lagging positions, and it is characterized by The information economy in the Arab world has many advantages, the most prominent of which are the universality of information activities, reliance on the Internet to a very large extent, and an economy that depends on human capital and urging people to show their talents and capabilities in most commercial operations. In addition, the information economy has great importance in the economies of Arab countries by increasing... income and raising the efficiency and quality of production, in addition to lowering the prices of the information economy, as most goods are cheaper than the traditional economy. It also helps to spread investment, which reflects positively on the strength of the Arab countries and achieving their sovereignty and political and economic independence away from the control of the countries Advanced research indicated that the Arab world suffers from a significant information backwardness due to weak education, infrastructure, and the economic and institutional system in the Arab countries, as well as the division of international labor that imposed on the Arab countries to play a specific role in the international system, which led to the decline of the information economy in the Arab countries to the point that it does not constitute a The Arab GDP is only a very small percentage compared to developed countries in which the information economy constitutes a large part of their economy, such as Japan and China.