In a previous article on 11 September 2021, titled “The next phase of terrorism” published in the Jordan times, I tried to highlight the emerging risk of the return of terrorism by analyzing signals from different areas, mainly Afghanistan, to hi…
Across Middle East there are numerous complicated situations that have characterised this post-covid year. One of the most important is the worsening internal situation in Iran. Since 2003, the year of the fall of Saddam Hussein, the country…
Recently Jordan has seen a wave of protests and a strike of truck drivers. The major trigger of the strikes is the fuel price but is also driven by the underlying issue with the economic situation in the country. While the protests are also a res…
As the world is dealing with the repercussions of a global energy crisis, war in Ukraine and an ongoing pandemic, challenges and difficulties for governments are expected to increase through poverty, economic hardship, unemployment, and social an…
During the former Israeli Cabinet under prime minister Yair Lapid, Jordan seemed to be more willing to engage with the Israeli government on various public levels. With the election of a new government in Israel under Prime Minister Benjamin Neta…
The victory of the far-right in the recent elections in Israel brings new realities to the political structure in the country. The appointment of the far-right leader Ben Gvir as minister of national security represents a new approach to security…
Many observers believe that the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new far-right Cabinet will provoke waves of escalation in the West Bank, and the make up of this government leaves indeed very little opportunity to argue aga…
After Mohammad bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, become prime minister, the Biden administration granted him immunity in relation to Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, a move that did not come as a surprise. The path of US-Saudi Arabia negotia…
The return of Benjamin Netanyahu to the Israeli political scene marks the political shift in Israel towards the right following the global political trend of the spread of the political right in many countries worldwide.With the coming back of Ne…
After years without a terrorist attack, Turkey witnessed one last week, targeting a civilian area in a shopping street in Taksim Square, which left six dead and more than 80 people injuredTurkey’s military campaign against the Kurds in Iraq and S…