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Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh Mexico’s tunnels and Britain’s electronic visa system have emerged as beacons of hope for Jordanian youth seeking a better life and a more dignified tomorrow. As the current reality in Jordan fails to offer opportunities and prosperity, many young Jordanians are embarking on perilous …

The fight over who’ll innovate fastest and get the most commercial juice out of artificial intelligence is in the news nearly every day. Sam Altman won last week’s round, once again, with OpenAI’s splashy new, voice-enhanced GPT-4o. The other fight over AI is political, and here the story …

Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh In a world where money and politics often intertwine to corrupt societies, the upcoming parliamentary elections in Jordan provide a glimmer of hope. Slovenian philosopher and critic Slavoj Žižek once said that the marriage of money and politics leads to corruption, undermining national security …

The American decision to restrict arms sales could be a turning point in the US-Israel relationship Et tu, Joe? For many months, Benjamin Netanyahu has shrugged off international criticism of Israel, secure in the knowledge that the president of America had offered ironclad support. If you have the …

It is time to stop treating Turkey as an indispensable nation deserving endless accommodation for its rogue foreign policy. After a series of mixed messages, a scheduled meeting between President Joe Biden and his Turkish counterpart, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on May 9 was finally canceled. The White …

Even though American consumers are less dependent on the Red Sea trade than Europeans and Asians, they will soon feel inflationary pains if attacks continue. The Iran-backed Houthis have been assaulting shipping in the Red Sea since October, driving up global shipping costs and creating ripple-down effects on …

To build a more strategically coherent approach to the Mediterranean region, the West must expand and deepen its relationship with African partners. In just under two months, the heads of state and government from the Group of Seven (G7) countries will convene on Italy’s southeastern coast near Fasano, …

Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh The recent political developments in Jordan have raised concerns about the state of consciousness and rationality among some individuals. French novelist Jean Cocteau once said, “The tragedy of our time is that foolishness thinks!” These words resonate strongly as we witness a series of …

The spread of protests against policies that have generated the current humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip has been remarkable. Initiallycentered at Columbia University in New York, the protest movement quickly lit up other college campuses in the United States and has now inspired similar actions around the …