Publications

It is clear that the main title of the upcoming Riyadh summit is to stop the decision to freeze the participation of the Syrian regime in the meetings of the League of Arab States, including the invitation of the head of the regime himself, Bashar al-Assad, to the summit, a trend that caught the attention of many Arab governments, during…

A few days ago, the Politics and Society Institute (in Amman) and the Tammy Foundation for Youth Development published the book, which I co-authored with the researcher Kamel Al-Nabulsi, “Youth Policies in the Arab Countries: What Has Changed After the Arab Spring?”, which is a comparative and analytical study of the policies of eight Arab countries. Towards youth (Egypt, Tunisia,…

The world saw Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir, in December 2021, grabbing his pistol, even though he was surrounded by Israeli soldiers, and pointing it at the Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah. This scene embodies his program on which he ran in the recent Israeli elections, and now he and those who share the same program will most likely be part…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine had created various crises on the international stage, particular in energy prices, food supply chains, and inflation. These events made many countries reconsider the strategic importance of the Middle East and the Arabian Gulf. In a virtual roundtable hosted by the Politics and Society Institute in coordination with Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung, experts from the Arab World…

In the scientific seminar “The War in Syria: A Way Forward”, held jointly by the Politics and Society Institute (PSI) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) on 11th of October 2021, Jordanian and European experts virtually gathered to engage in a lively discussion on the future of strategic and security considerations to Syria and the region. Main topics included firstly,…

AMMAN – Jordanian, Palestinian, and Western politicians and researchers have agreed that the option of a “two-state solution” is no longer viable, nor is it a feasible or realistic option in the context of developments on the ground and in the context of clear Israeli policies that eliminate any possibility of establishing an independent Palestinian state from the territories occupied…

AMMAN – Despite the many negative effects of the Russian-Ukrainian war on international relations in general, energy prices, and food chains, these events have renewed the strategic importance of the Middle East region in the field of energy, food, and the global economy, as seen by the Jordanian, European and American politicians and experts who participated in a discussion workshop…

Tunisia’s political system has undergone major transformations since the events of Republic Day (25 July 2021) when President Kais Saied undertook extraordinary measures, issuing authorities in the country, dismissing the House of Representatives, dismissing the Government and making a new politically depoliticized Government, drafting a new constitution for the country and new election law, many wonders where Tunisia is headed?…

Ideology, Propaganda, Organization and Global Jihad Will ISIS make a comeback? The Book has attempted to gauge the repercussions and consequences of the collapse of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The different research papers explored the level of the ability of the organization itself in recruitment, political and media propaganda, mobilization, ideological resilience, and organizational cohesion, as well as its…

It was not surprising that the conflict of Shiite forces moved from the fields of politics to the battlefields, Rather, it was remarkable that the armed clash lasted only about 20 hours, thus what Iraq has witnessed since the announcement of the results of the early 2021 elections of an escalation in the pace of chaos and political and security…