Regional Policies

Since the beginning of this month, the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” has executed more than four major assaults against Syrian regime forces, local Sunni and Shiite militias loyal to it. Also, at the beginning of this year, the organization’s military activities have escalated, its methods have diversified, and its geographical targets in Syria have expanded, despite the loss…

Introduction Japan imports approximately 90% of its crude oil from the Middle East[1] so that it is tremendously significant for Japan to ensure peace and stability in this area, which lays the foundation for international order and directly connects to national security the world over. In response to the 2015 Terrorist Incident regarding the Murder of Japanese nationals and Jordanian…

The differences were evident in the two speeches used by the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, and the Syrian, Faisal al-Miqdad, in their press conference on Safadi’s visit to Damascus at the beginning of this July. Safadi sought to emphasize key points that represent the Jordanian agenda towards Syria, while al-Miqdad avoided Commenting on it, while making sure to emphasize…

There is no longer any doubt, even in the slightest degree, that Israel will not accept the establishment of a Palestinian state in accordance with UN resolutions, which is what Netanyahu recently declared as it has become clear like the sun which cannot be covered with a sieve. Consequently, Jordanian adherence to the peaceful settlement in the diplomatic discourse has become…

The recent period witnessed the issuance of numerous studies and research, especially in Western and American studies centers, based on the approach to Palestinian rights or the one-state solution, which is an old-new proposition that was adopted by a group of intellectuals, but it did not receive interest from any party, and at that time it represented a “scenario”. Fantasy”,…

Last week, we witnessed a military operation led by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip. They claimed it was in response to missiles launched by Saraya Al-Quds, the armed faction of the Islamic Jihad movement, in retaliation for the death of the movement’s leader, Khader Adnan, in the occupation’s prisons. Since Tuesday dawn, Israeli airstrikes targeted the homes…

It is not possible to interpret the “Umrah” performed by a delegation of Hamas leaders in Saudi Arabia, at the end of the month of Ramadan, without considering its political context and heavy implications. This visit is particularly noteworthy since it comes after a hiatus of nearly eight years, coinciding with the beginnings of the new era in Saudi Arabia;…

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…