Last week marked 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. This will be always a remarkable date in history, as it heralded the end of the Cold War and the confrontation of the two blocs. The Cold War was also the high-water mark of global politics b…
The death of the leader of a terrorist group does not mean the end of that group, and, in fact, can often be the beginning of a new phase of brutalism and new tactics as the senior people left start positioning to take control, if the group does not fa…
Following the recent teachers’ strike in Jordan, there are a number of indicators that demonstrate the direction that political activism is taking. Over the last decade, the nature of political activism in Jordan has been transforming from negligible p…
The new waves of protest across the Arab world may not be surprising for some, as the underlying drivers and tensions have been building for a while. The growing level of discontent amongst the public across the region, including Jordan, is due to the …
As days pass, we realise the need for forming, educating and building new young leaders who can fill the gap caused by the fall of the image of political class, lack of trust and credibility, and therefore, change seems to be a must.We definitely agree…
L’operazione dei militari turchi che rotola nella Siria nord-orientale è una manifestazione della necessità del presidente turco Recep Tayyip Erdogan di spostare l’attenzione dal crescente caos all’interno del suo Partito per la giustizia e lo sviluppo…
The Turkish military’s operation rolling into north eastern Syria is a manifestation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s need to shift attention from the growing chaos within his Justice and Development Party (AKP). Following the loss in the re…
The longevity of the teachers’ strike suggests that the sentiment is not limited to the public sector, but appears to be awakening a similar sentiment across various social groups. Clearly, it initiated amongst disillusioned teachers demanding the term…
لا يمكن حصر أي قراءة لمشهد اضراب المعلمين في الاردن من زاوية مطالبيه مقتصرة على فئة مجتمعية واحدة فقط اذ لابد من توسيع دائرة القراءة وتعميقها حتى يتسنى تشخيص الواقع الأردني من زاوية سياسية مجتمعية.بدأ حراك المعلمين منحسراً بمطلب طبيعي يتمثل بزيادة موعو…
Most of Jordan’s teachers have been on strike for over three weeks now. Regardless of the underlying dispute, our children should never be kept out of school for almost a month for any reason. The government’s responsibility is to resolve the issue, no…