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Breaking News

Arab youth vent their anger at broken economic promises

Andrew England Unemployment and lack of reforms underpin protests in Middle East and north Africa Protesters outside the…
Elections in Tunisia

Giancarlo Elia Valori The elections held in Tunisia saw 7,065,883 registered voters, with 49% of women and over a third …
Canada election results recap: Liberals to form minority government

After a divisive six-week campaign, the speeches are over and the debates are done — Canadians have decided the 2019 fed…
How to Tame Iran and Win a Nuclear Deal

The Trump administration should remain firm with the pressure campaign, continue trying to get the Europeans on board a …
Sorting Facts From Fiction About the US Withdrawal From Syria

By Rick Sterling If one believes in the restoration of international law and the tenets of the UN Charter, then the with…
Boris Johnson asks the EU to delay Brexit despite saying there were ‘no circumstances’ in which he would request an extension

Adam Bienkov Boris Johnson writes to the EU requesting that is delayed, after repeatedly insisting that he would not. Th…
Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan delegation to Jordan to talk Middle East peace amid the Syrian crisis

Kat Tenbarge Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan House delegation to Jordan on Saturday to meet with a group of offici…
Capitalism and the Violence of Environmental Decline

Rob Urie The Statement Problem Since the re-beginning of the environmental movement in the 1960s, the scale and scope of…
Iran Is Winning Trump’s Foreign Policy Gamble

Steven Kopits Tehran is not willing to simply roll over and give up. President Donald Trump has sixty days to prevent te…
Trump Shouldn’t Be Sending American Troops to Saudi Arabia

Paul Pillar President Donald Trump is wisely resisting starting a new war in the Middle East, but the dead-end nature of…
Cease-Fire Chaos: The Kurds, Turkey, and Trump Administration are Touting Different Strategies

Matthew Petti Even if the Trump administration moves closer to Turkey, the relationship between the country and Congress…
The Game-changing Fallibility of BMD Systems: Lessons from the Middle East and South Asia

M. Waqas Jan As the Middle East’s major powers recalculate their defence and foreign policies following last month’s mis…

OPINION

Middle East

Jordan to face numerous security challenges

March 1, 2019

Terrorism is a security and political challenge that Jordan will face in the next decade. …
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Geopolitics, the black swan in Saudi-Indian relations

February 17, 2019
The Turkey-US Crisis

January 12, 2019
Will new oil cartels lead to new political blocs?

January 9, 2019
Behind Israel’s love affair with Latin America

January 9, 2019

Terrorism & Extremism

The future of the terrorist phenomenon in the Middle East

March 1, 2019

Shehab Al Makahleh Terrorism has become a nightmare for many countries. This confirms the dependence …
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Future risk of jihadists on Jordan’s security

February 17, 2019
Did Jordan king visit Moscow to avert disaster in the region?

February 19, 2018
Turkish-Kurdish war or Daesh civil war?

January 25, 2018
What are the likely scenarios for the Middle East for the coming years?

December 22, 2017

Interviews

#Peace4Mideast

Say YES! to #Peace4Mideast

October 4, 2016

We are appealing to all people of conscience and especially 1.3 billionMuslims around the world …
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