Publications

The newly constituted Syrian People’s Assembly enters public life as one of the defining milestones of the country’s transitional period. It marks a moment in which the new authorities are testing the contours of political representation, while Syria itself is testing its capacity to move from the legacy of the revolution toward the project of state-building. The announcement by the…

Today, Hamas announced the dissolution of the governmental body that has administered the Gaza Strip, represented by the Government Emergency Committee headed by Mohammad al-Farra, in preparation for transferring administrative authority to the Palestinian National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, chaired by Eng. Ali Shaath. While this decision can be understood within the immediate context of Gaza or Palestinian…

The Politics and Society Institute has released a new policy paper entitled “Jordan and the Day After the War: A Strategic Assessment of Regional Transformations and the Requirements of National Security.” The paper examines Jordan’s strategic position in the aftermath of the Israeli–U.S. war against Iran and analyzes the complex regional transformations it has generated, arguing that these developments require…

In the winter of 1950, Ankara dispatched a force of approximately 5,000 soldiers to the Korean Peninsula-a war that was not its own-for one reason alone: to convince a newly emerging Western alliance that Türkiye deserved membership. The price was steep. Nearly 700 Turkish soldiers lost their lives in exchange for an admission ticket that would not be granted until…

The funeral of Iran’s former Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, served as an important opportunity for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the conservative establishment to convey a series of carefully calibrated symbolic and political messages. Each participating delegation carried its own significance, while the ceremony also projected messages to both domestic and international audiences. Notably, the event witnessed broad…

Since the signing of the U.S.–Iran Memorandum of Understanding, a far more consequential debate has been unfolding across the Gulf than the agreement itself. The central question is no longer whether the war has ended or who emerged victorious. Instead, it concerns whether the conflict has fundamentally altered one of the most deeply embedded assumptions in Gulf politics over the…

The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran was accompanied by political expectations that went far beyond degrading Tehran’s nuclear program or weakening its military capabilities. In Washington and Tel Aviv, many believed the conflict would become a founding moment for a different Iran—either by producing a political order more closely aligned with the West and less committed to its anti-Western ideology, or…

The Politics and Society Institute (PSI) has published the fifth issue of its semi-annual Jordanian Politics and Society Journal (JPS), focusing on the political, security, economic, and strategic repercussions of the U.S.–Israeli war against Iran and its profound implications for the balance of power in the Middle East, the future of the regional order, and the position of Arab states…

The American–Israeli–Iranian war has reshaped Gulf perceptions of the United States in ways that extend far beyond the battlefield. Drawing on more than 55,600 original digital discussions produced by nearly 29,800 unique users across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, this study examines how one of the region’s most significant security crises transformed public digital discourse on the American security…

Colonialism had a clear method. Take the land. Extract the raw material. Send the value home. Govern just enough to keep that value-extraction pipeline open. The data economy works the same way: Take something from people before they understand they are giving it away. Turn it into power. Sell it back to them as a “service.” The raw material used…