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The Politics and Society Institute has published a new policy paper entitled “Jordan and the Gradual Annexation of the West Bank: Threat Assessment and Policy Options” The paper draws on the findings of a specialized roundtable organized by the Institute, which examined the trajectory of the gradual annexation of the West Bank and its potential implications for Jordan, Palestine, and…

In major wars, some developments appear, at first glance, almost impossible to believe—especially when they overturn long-held assumptions about individuals and states. Yet wars, particularly those dominated by intelligence operations, are not always conducted according to ideological alignment. Rather, they are driven by calculations of utility, vulnerability to penetration, and the ability to cultivate alternative leadership from within the very…

The latest World Cup was not simply another major sporting event, nor merely an occasion on which Arabs celebrated the qualification of an unprecedented number of their national teams or the remarkable performances some of them delivered. More than that, it revealed a deeper shift in the Arab public mood. The scale of popular engagement in streets, cafés, homes, and…

The Politics and Society Institute has released a new policy paper titled “The King Hussein Bridge Crisis: From Managing Symptoms to Building a Sovereign Border Crossing System.” The paper examines one of the most pressing challenges affecting movement between Jordan and the West Bank and presents a practical framework for shifting from seasonal crisis management to a sustainable institutional model…

The military escalation between Washington and Tehran in June and July 2026 was neither merely a successive exchange of strikes nor simply the abrupt collapse of provisional understandings reached only weeks earlier. Framing the crisis exclusively through the lens of military operations produces an incomplete reading. What is unfolding in the Gulf extends beyond a contest over military targets or…

A concise assessment on the shift in Israel’s national security strategy and its implications for Jordan and the region: This paper argues that, after 7 October 2023, Israel entered a new phase in which it is redefining its security concept, not as a limited military review, but as a broader change in the relationship among security, geography, and politics. The…

The Politics and Society Institute has published an analytical paper titled “Perceptions of War: The Symbolic Structure of the Sixth Generation of Warfare.” The paper examines the Iran–Israel–U.S. confrontation and its regional implications through a lens that focuses on the battle of narratives, propaganda, disinformation, and artificial intelligence, rather than on the military trajectory alone. The paper, which emerged from…

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…

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…