Dr. Shehab Al Makahleh The Parliament of Turkey approved on March 30, 2023 Finland’s accession to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in a unanimous vote. In a quick turnaround in less than a week, NATO deal was struck and on April 4th, 2023 Finland became a full-fledged NATO …

The Biden administration called off Blinken’s planned trip to Beijing in February after a Chinese spy balloon traversed U.S. skies, but has since been trying to restart high-level talks, POLITICO writes. That includes rescheduling the Blinken visit, and setting up other trips by top U.S. officials and a …

Abdel Bari Atwan Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the hawks in his fascist government are looking for a war to help them overcome their domestic crises and international isolation. That is why they gave the green light to their army and security forces to storm the al-Aqsa …

Power struggle is not an unfamiliar concept in the international political world order. The history has witnessed, how the actors have changed yet the struggle for power continues, heedless of time and space. In every era, political entities have always endeavored to gain maximum power to get other …

Meritocracy is an absolute farce. It is a sham term. It is fiction. The world’s prevalent meritocracy is extremely problematic for both the elite and lower middle classes. Merit is the notion that social and financial compensation should follow aptitude, effort, and accomplishment. Middle-class children lose out to …

The hum of inflationary panic; the buzz of an impending recession has somewhat died down – at least in my quarters! Or maybe it is just my instinct, given how relatively pressing matters have recently replaced the fervor misting around the rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. But …

By  Eng. Saleem Al-Batayneh   Surprisingly enough, why bashfulness of repeated denials about Amman-Riyadh strained relations! Certainly, bilateral relations are not at its best as there is a kind of vibrant inharmoniousness in viewpoints, which had led to dissonance and cacophony on key issues, most of which are …

By Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh It seems that the decision to restore relations between Tehran and Riyadh stems from the keenness of each of them not to move forward in escalating regional positions and to block the way for major countries to play a role in fueling the political …

Multinational companies (MNCs) have had a significant impact on Pakistan’s economy since the country’s liberalization and opening up to foreign investment in the 1990s. Overall, the impact of MNCs on Pakistan can be seen as mixed, with both positive and negative effects on the economy and society. Multinational …