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Iranian posturing “This summit has great ambitions but no one expects miracles,” said Riad Kahwaji, director of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis. France’s role as a mediator is crucial, Kahwaji added, with Paris “keeping the thread of dialogue on behalf of Westerners with Iran, …

Already dogged by criticism at home and abroad, a new Israeli government is set to be sworn in on Thursday, the final stroke in Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu’s political comeback. The veteran leader, 73 and on trial for corruption charges he denies, has had to calm concerns for …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh After few days, we will welcome a new year and bid farewell to another. We have nothing but to be optimistic to get out of the economic difficulties caused by regional, international and domestic circumstances that raised the debt to US$41 billion, which constitutes 117% …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh I have been discussing the latest incidents in Jordan with a number of political and security strategist in the West who voiced their support to government measures to counter violence. They reiterated their full support to Jordan as a stable country whose stability is a …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh Almost a year ago, his majesty King Abdullah II had a meeting with a group of British journalists in London during his stopover after his participation in the climate summit in Glasgow. King Abdullah II said that what worries him most is the failure to …

   Kester Kenn Klomegah The South African Journal of International Affairs, a foreign policy think tank, has released a special researched report on Russia-Africa. According to the report, Russia has signed military-technical agreements with over 20 African countries and has secured lucrative mining and nuclear energy contracts on …

Anuj Dhyani More than 10 months have passed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, and the conflict is still ongoing. No one knows when it will end, but today, the conflict is entering a new phase called “the Winter War,” as snow begins to fall alongside …

Partisanship colors Democrats’ and Republicans’ foreign policy priorities in ways that will matter substantially for companies, global supply chains and financial markets under a divided Congress. This is demonstrated by the results of a public opinion poll conducted by Morning Consult’s U.S. Foreign Policy Tracker. Among voters’ top five …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said that weapons from the raging war between Russia and Ukraine are now slipping into the Lake Chad Basin region. Lake Chad region, an economically and socially integrated area in West and Central Africa straddling Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. In his opening address …