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The Politics and Society Institute PSI has released the second issue of the Jordanian Politics and Society Magazine (JPS), focusing on Jordanian national security and its interconnected local, regional, and international dimensions. This issue, enriched by the contributions of a distinguished group of local and Arab researchers and experts, provides a structured approach to various related topics. The expertise of…

In Amman, there is considerable interest in the return of Donald Trump as President of the United States, reflected in open and closed political and media discussions about its potential impact on Jordan. These discussions are split between two main viewpoints. The first argues that it is premature to pass judgment, exaggerate, or be alarmed about the potential outcomes, particularly…

Many Arab Governments, as well as many Western officials, have shown political short-sightedness by rushing into welcoming the assassination of Hamas’s leader Yahya Al-Sinwar and by concluding that the movement will be weak after his death, and that will open the door to a prisoner return deal, these are expectations or wishful thinking that ignore fundamental realities of the ongoing…

With the Middle East in a period of significant conflicts, the world carefully awaits to see what course the United States’s foreign policy in the region will take after the American elections on November 5th. Despite Kamala Harris’ surge in popularity since replacing Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s candidate, many still consider a return of Donald Trump to the…

The Labour Party achieved a landslide victory in the July 2024 UK general election. It is likely that British foreign policy will change as regards the Palestine-Israeli issue. Questions remain but analysts forecast that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s approach will differ from that of previous Conservative governments. Thus far, Starmer is emphasising a more pragmatic, reasonable and balanced approach.…

“The article is published in JPS Magazine” The war on Gaza between Israel and Palestinian resistance groups mainly Hamas since October 2023 has seriously threaten Jordan’s national interests as well as relations with Israel in ways not seen at least since 1994 when Amman and Tel Aviv signed their peace treaty. Prior to October 7th relations between both countries witnessed…

Following the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation (as dubbed by Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigade) that marked the start of the ongoing war (now for over 8 months), the UN declared Gaza to be an “epic humanitarian catastrophe”. Furthermore, following the latest bombing of a refugee camp in Rafah that killed 45 civilians, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres affirmed that “There is no safe place…

The article is published in JPS Magazine American policy is full of contradictions. Those contradictions have become especially evident since the war in Gaza began, but they emerged before. The contradictions make the United States a confusing actor, one subject to different strategic impulses and displaying enormous tactical inconsistency. For day-to-day and even year-to-year decision-making, the United States will likely…

The current discussions, negotiations, and debates surrounding the aftermath of today’s war on Gaza go beyond the search for the future of the region, its political formulation, and who will govern it. The focus extends to the Palestinian issue as a whole, involving planning and thinking about the future of the entire region and its regional system, especially from the…

Despite the reductionist perspective on many themes in a recent report from The Economist, “A Religious Revolution is Under Way in the Middle East,” it contributes to stimulating and driving a deep discussion about the region and the impact of events in Gaza on more than one level. The first concerns the political future of the Middle East, the second…