The renewed challenge on Jordan’s northern borders and the whole situation in the south of Syria have been the subject of discussion lately. The presence of militias is not new, but the change in Russian priorities and the freeze on renewing the …
The map presenting Jordan’s path to reform is slowly unfolding. The National Economic Workshop under the theme of “Advancing into the future: unleashing the potential to modernize the economy” and the Royal Committee to Modernize the Politic…
Nearly 20 years after the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq and after 10 years of crisis in Syria, Iran’s influence in the Middle East has increased significantly. The war by proxy approach it has been adopting, and supporting militias in…
In an interview by Hoover’s Washington, DC, His Majesty King Abdullah referred to His talk with the former national security adviser H.R. McMaster that tackled the challenges of the Middle East at large and the challenges Jordan is currently faci…
15/05/2022During the past year, His Majesty King Abdullah met with US President Joe Biden twice, confirming the close friendship and enduring partnership between the US and Jordan. In fact, a recent statement from the White House said: “Jordan is…
The recent escalation in the occupied West bank compels a country like Jordan to adopt an active and pragmatic approach to deal with various potential scenarios of escalation and its consequences. Although Jordan has been surrounded by crisis the…
07/05/2022 Jordan’s strategic geographic location has always been an advantage, but in recent years, Jordan has not been very active in its relations with its neighbors: Syria, Iraq, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. More recently Jordan attempted t…
27/04/2022 While the recent change in the Israeli government gave hope that Jordan might be able to boost diplomatic and political relations with Israel, there are increasingly fewer expectations that that would be possible. Norma…
17/04/2022 Jordan has been facing various external and internal challenges in recent years. Externally, there are the ongoing crises in Syria and Iraq, and the growing crisis in West Bank. Internally, the lack of a credible economic pl…
The Ukrainian crisis has made the world relive memories of the cold war, with all the decisions, sanctions, and isolation it entailed.It is interesting to see the position that some countries are taking. While it is definitely clear that the US h…