There is no doubt that a significant shift in the conduct of international politics is taking place. International relations are increasingly based on economic interest, and less on ideological alliances and values. This is having global impacts, but f…
The progressive change in priorities in the Middle East over the last decade is quite poignant. Imposed democracy to revolutions for democracy and liberty have, in recent years, evolved into the singular focus of combatting terrorism. Similarly, the id…
Following the fall of Daesh and the assassination of Al Baghdadi, new challenges are arising. With the physical presence of IS defeated by the international coalition, it is unclear what is needed in order to defeat what is remaining. The use of milita…
The recent indications from the United States that it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal under international law is far from surprising. Under President Donald Trump, the vision for the peace process has been clearly ba…
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…