Shehab Al Makahleh Jordan remained relatively stable compared to other regional counterparts when commotions spread across the Middle East in 2011. Notwithstanding the conflict on its borders with Iraq and Syria, the upsurge of Daesh and a large inflow of Syrian refugees to the country as a result …

By Maria Dubovikova A friend of mine — a journalist at the prominent Russian newspaper Kommersant — recently wrote: “Jordan prepares the ground for the Helsinki summit.” And somehow it is true. Jordan, however, proceeds not with global charity in mind, but rather national interests that are seriously …

By Shehab Al Makahleh Thanks to war in Syria, which turned Turkey from the state of rivalry to Iran to be a friend not only to Tehran and Beijing but also to Moscow, playing a pivotal Middle Eastern role. To diagnose how Turkish-Iranian ties affect Turkish-Chinese and Iranian-Chinese …

By Shehab Al Makahleh The West needs to understand the present connection between Jordan’s economy and its politics. Since 2011, Jordan has been facing a wide range of pressures — political, economic, demographic, security and military — due mainly to the continuing anarchy in neighboring Iraq and Syria …

By Dr. Shehab Al Makahleh Amman has turned out to be the magnet for western officials recently with American, Israeli, German and British officials’ visits to Jordan. White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, as well as Israeli Prime …

Nicholas Eberstadt Like it or not, it was a triumph of statecraft. he remarkable truth about the “North Korean nuclear crisis” is that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea — a tiny, isolated, and impoverished state — has been almost completely in charge of it since the global …

By Shehab Al Makahleh After seven years of war in Syria, which has already thwarted the Chinese and the Iranian attempts to reach to the Mediterranean, Russia started planning the next phase of reconstruction process of Syria, which is estimated at $400-500 billion. Though Russia has sent its …

By Dr. Shehab Al Makahleh Today, Jordan’s government is facing backlash after a long period of corruption labeled a “deep state” system. Citizens are organizing demonstrations rejecting federal decisions to increase taxes and impose further strict rules on the people that would negatively affect their livelihood. Recently, some political figures …

By Shehab Al Makahleh There are three main circles of conflict that will form the strategic world map until the middle of the 21st century – the conflict over Eastern Europe, Middle East, and the Pacific Ocean with many dramatic developments that would change the balance of power …