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King Abdullah of Jordan caught between a rock and a hard place
Jordan's King Abdullah is caught between a rock and a hard place. Hamas and its regional supporters, as well as Israeli politicians and vigilantes,...
The Greater Middle East is a ticking time bomb – Part 2
Part 1 looked at the region as a whole as well as Hamas’ standing in Gaza eight months into the war. Today’s Part 2...
The Greater Middle East is a ticking time bomb -Part 1
The Greater Middle East is a ticking time bomb.
The region’s most apparent powder keg – the risk of a regional conflagration between Israel and...
The Greater Middle East is a ticking time bomb
Generations in war-wracked Palestine, Syria, and Yemen have little, if anything, to look forward to. Moreover, discontent is mounting and could explode anytime in...
Gaza war turns Palestine into a potential Middle Eastern lightning rod
The Gaza war has turned Palestine into a lightning rod for mounting frustration and discontent in Arab autocracies such as Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria,...
Peace only possible with a ‘three-state solution’: The Hussein Plan
The Israeli rejection of the two state-solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is ‘unacceptable’, UN-boss Guterres recently stated. However, after thirty years of peace talks,...
A Creative Minilateral Approach
Minilateralism, a relatively recent concept in international relations, involves small groups of nations cooperating to address common issues and pursue shared objectives. A creative...
Resettlement of the Gaza as a realistic pathway to the two-state solution
I propose the resettlement the people of Gaza in the West Bank in exchange for the permanent withdrawal of Israeli settlements and the establishment...
The East Mediterranean’s Shifting Dynamics: Now is the Time for Greater Cooperation
Nowadays, there is a growing awareness of the geopolitical importance of the East Mediterranean in its own right, as an arena with explicit dynamics...
Jordan: Economic Recovery is Projected to Remain Steady in 2022
Jordan’s economy is projected to grow by 2.1% in 2022, however, rising commodity prices, supply bottlenecks and the impact of the war in Ukraine...