Op-ed

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The US presidential race is heating up, and the first debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, held on September 10, 2024, was a pivotal moment. The stakes are high, not only for America but for its allies, especially Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Harris, …

Self-effacement, restraint and empathy normally do not mix with high ambition. Ambition – in one form or another, for self or cause – is a requisite for accessing the corridors of power. The narcissist is different. The true narcissist is a readily identifiable personality type, one of the …

Now technology evolves at a breakneck pace, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a double-edged sword. It is lamentable that, while AI has opened an astonishing panorama of possibilities across almost every sector, it has also found its way to the cybercriminal universe to fuel new, more professional, …

In hindsight, there never was a perfect time to advance an arms treaty in the region. In October 2023, an Israeli member of the Knesset for the Likud party, Revital “Tally” Gotliv, called for the Israeli military to use the “Jericho Missile” (ballistic missiles developed by Israel since …

There was no time to waste. Former President Donald Trump sent out a fundraising appeal within hours of being targeted by an alleged shooter armed with an AK-47 named Ryan Wesley Routh at his golf course in West Palm Beach. Trump declared in his appeal, “I will NEVER …

Since October 7, 2023, the situation in the Middle East has again flared up after the Hamas attack on Israel. In response, Israel has been conducting disproportionate attacks on Gaza. The United States persistent military and diplomatic support towards Israel has been attributed to its strategic setback in …

The Recent missile launched by the Iran-aligned Houthis that targeted and reached central Israel is one of the crucial events, which weight cannot be measured by the lack of victims only. The recently fired surface-to-surface missile, launched from Yemen and capable of reaching the centre of the Israeli …

Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh In politics, no one wants to be wrong, and memories often serve to remind us of what was predicted. On January 15, 2023, I wrote an article that was published in the London-based newspaper Rai Al-Youm and the American Geostrategic Media, titled: “The Jordanian …

Samantha Cooper The global order is witnessing a revival of great power competition in the twenty-first century, with China and the United States emerging as the main players. This change represents the shift from the US-dominated post-Cold War era of unipolarity to a more complicated and contentious international …