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 …

فوجئت مثلما فوجئ الاردنيون، صانعو رئيس الحكومة الجديد، بعد ان حصد دعمهم وحصوله على ثقة ملكية وفرصة ذهبية من جلالته في التريث في العشر الاواخر من شهر رمضان لطبخ وصفة تليق بالمواطن الاردني بعد صيامه دهرا. لا اعتراض على ما آلت اليه الحكومة الجديدة لأن ردة فعل الشارع …

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 …

د.شهاب المكاحله  تواجه الحكومة الأردنية اليوم ردود فعل سلبية شديدة بعد فترة طويلة من الفساد يُطلَق عليها اسم نظام “الدولة العميقة”. فينظّم المواطنونمظاهراتٍ ترفض القرارات الفدرالية بزيادة الضرائب وفرض المزيد من القوانين الصارمة على الشعب، ما سيؤثّر سلبًا على معيشتهم. استخدمت بعض الشخصيات السياسية، التي خدمت في الحكومة على …

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 …

  Jordan is in the heart of a tectonic region that faces increased commotion and mayhem. Syrian conflict to the north, which resulted in the influx of more than one million Syrians to Jordan, seeking shelter and security, adding further burdens to its economic predicament and security issues. …