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On Wednesday, Jordanian young men and women concluded the activities of the project “A New Horizon: Unifying Youth and Women’s Discourse to Support Modernization in Jordan”, implemented by the Politics and Society Institute (PSI) in partnership with the Naya Community Network, and supported by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF). The project concluded with a large-scale closing ceremony, attended by…

In recent months, debate inside Israel has intensified over the future of exemptions granted to the Haredi community, amid demographic and sociological transformations that render the old arrangement increasingly untenable. This debate is not confined to the question of conscription or the distribution of economic burdens; rather, it reflects a deeper crisis in the structure of Israel’s social contract, which…

The European tour of the Jordanian ministerial delegation to promote investment reflects a growing awareness of the centrality of the economy in shaping foreign policy. This visit comes in the wake of the signing of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between Jordan and the European Union, which includes a package of European assistance and investments worth approximately €3 billion for…

President Lai Ching-te National Day address on October 10, 2025, marked a clear shift in priorities compared to his previous speeches. It reflected a more cautious and pragmatic approach to cross-strait relations, alongside stronger emphasis on domestic national identity, national defense and internal security, and Taiwan’s global standing. This contrasted with the previous year, when his remarks strongly underscored Taiwan’s…

There are entrenched “rules of the game” that Iraqi political forces have consistently sought to institutionalize with every electoral cycle—rules that have ultimately produced a political system some scholars classify as a form of competitive authoritarianism. Iraq’s political arena has thus become confined to a limited set of actors who continuously reproduce the status quo, reducing elections to little more…

The article addresses the limitations of using genocide discourse to describe Israeli crimes in Gaza by analysing how, over recent months, this discourse has been subjected to manipulation that empties it of its content and redirects its purpose from delegitimizing Israel to protecting it. This manipulation has frequently been deployed to contain escalating protests against the existing order at all…

Southern Yemen occupies a position of considerable geopolitical significance, derived not only from its proximity to major international maritime routes, but also from its role as a strategic node for controlling ports and sea lanes linked to global energy trade. This geographic dimension has turned the South into an arena of direct regional competition, where the interests of multiple powers…

The Kurdish question remains one of the most pressing and consequential issues shaping the political order of the Middle East. Across Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran, Kurdish aspirations for self-determination have repeatedly collided with the territorial integrity of existing nation-states. Despite numerous historical attempts to establish an independent Kurdish state, these efforts have largely failed, giving rise instead to fragmented…

The executive order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump[1] designating the Muslim Brotherhood-including its Lebanese branch-as a terrorist organization represents a pivotal moment in Washington’s approach to political Islam in the Middle East. The decision goes beyond immediate security considerations, reflecting a broader shift in the United States’ assessment of the role of Islamist movements in fragile environments, their connections…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a statement announcing that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had designated the Egyptian and Jordanian branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entities pursuant to counterterrorism authority under Executive Order 13224. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of State designated al-Gama’a al-Islamiya as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under Section…