Analyses
Politics
test promoted
Politics
Real clear world: A former terrorist inside the white house
Politics
NYT: The President and A Former Terrorist Meet at the White House
Politics
The Syrian Unity Predicament: Files of Sovereignty, Security, and the Kurdish Issue
Palestinian-Israeli conflict
Trump’s Plan: Second Phase Scenarios
Filter by:
.jpg-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%94%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7:-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AD%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A9.jpg)
Jordan and Syria: A Cautious Rapprochement Maneuver
As military and government officials from the two neighboring countries met at high levels in Amman, Jordan-Syria relations are showing signs of cooling off the dispute factors between the two countries. This communication reached a political and leadership level with a phone call between King Abdullah II and President Bashar al-Assad. The following analytical reading reviews the most important outstanding issues between the two sides, and provides a diagnosis of the most prominent obstacles which the course of Jordanian-Syrian interactions may encounter.
The Directions of Jordan’s Energy Sector
The Executive Action Plan for the Comprehensive Strategy of Energy Sector in Jordan for the period 2020-2030 outlines the country’s direction in the energy sector, as well as its involvement in regional energy projects by using geographical considerations and logistics to play a major role in the region. The purpose of this report is to highlight Jordan's energy strategy, as well as the special nature of Jordan's role in regional energy projects.
Rail Network Strategy: Jordanian hopes and Search for Regional Integration
This paper provides an overview of the national railway network project, which was announced in the Government’s Economic Priorities Program for 2021-2023, explaining the economic basis of the project based on theoretical references of the railway sector. Additionally, the paper examines the national railway's interactions with global logistical interconnection projects across the Middle East, where large-scale projects were announced both in complementary and conflicting contexts, which demonstrates that the national railway cannot be separated from regional and international turmoil.
Amman, Cairo, and Baghdad: Towards a pioneering development partnership
The following policy paper reviews the features of the upcoming partnership within the Amman-Cairo-Baghdad axis in light of regional and international developments, and defines the general theoretical framework governing its interactions. It also contains 22 recommendations to policy makers that can contribute to achieving the desired goals and ensure the sustainability of the axis for the coming years, enabling it to attract the support of regional and international powers for implementing development projects away from the widespread political polarization in the Middle East. This paper is to be followed by another paper on the tripartite partnership from a purely economic perspective in accordance with the macroeconomic indicators of each country, showing the most prominent economic elements on which to base the economic vision of the emerging axis.
Amman's Approach to the New Washington
Having experienced an unusual relationship with the Trump administration on Jordan’s role on a number of issues, could some of the measures and amendments that Jordan may take help reset the pace of US-Jordanian political relations, with a new Democratic US administration?