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Iraq Between Geopolitical Challenges and Strategic Opportunities
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The Syrian-Iraqi Border: Reshaping the Geopolitical Space of the Middle East
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Islamic Jihad: A Time Bomb in a Fragile Reality
This paper provides an interpretation for the reasons of the Israeli escalation against Islamic Jihad in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and assesses the repercussions of that escalation.
El-Alamein Consultative Meeting: Meanings and Objectives Interpretation
Policies analysis | This analysis addresses the significance of El-Alamein consultative meeting, which brought together the leaders of the Arab countries of Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, in the light of the joint economic projects, and the converging political positions of such countries, in a way that is likely to open the door to expanded Arab-Arab cooperation, with the aim of jointly confront the regional and international crises.
Ramon Airport: Consequences and Effect on Jordan
Policy analysis| This analysis tackles the Israeli announcement of launching the Palestinian West Bank passengers' first flights to Cyprus through Ramon Airport. The analysis seeks to analyze the consequences on Jordan, as well as the direct and indirect implications, via analyzing the Israeli motives, and reviewing the undeclared interests of the relevant parties.
How Does the Political Employment of the Events in the Palestinian Territories Affect Jordan?
Strategic Summary | The accelerating developments, in the Palestinian territories and Israel, impose new repercussions on Jordan, as these developments demonstrate common factors that unite their parties (the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli government, and Hamas) centered on ensuring their political future, and in a way that may establish new understandings that may redefine the concepts of resistance and partnership. this may be negatively reflected on Jordan, politically and economically.
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The “Decapitation” Strategy, Impact and Effectiveness: Al-Aqal and Al-Zawahiri as a Model
Policy analysis| This analysis examines one of the most prominent strategies in the context of counterterrorism, known as the "hard hammer" or "Decapitation" by the leaders of terrorist groups. As well as the historical development and the effectiveness of this strategy in creating, leadership gaps within terrorist organizations, and crises in choosing a successor, where such crises reached the point of divisions and defections. This analysis, then, addresses the decline and end of those organizations.
Biden in the Middle East: Searching for a New Regional Equation
This paper presents a reading of the nature of current U.S. foreign policy interactions with the Middle East environment. With a critical method, this paper reviews the most significant features of President Joe Biden's trip to the region. The paper also argues the fallacies of U.S. withdrawal and the emergence of a multipolar world. The paper is concluded in demonstrating the importance of regional balance to reduce -or neutralize- the major conflicts.
The Government of Impossible Balances: Scenarios and Policies
This paper addresses the scenarios after the Knesset and the left-wing Meretz Party member, Ghaida Zoabi's, resigned from Israel's government coalition, then retracted her resignation, as well as the
How Far Can the Reconciliations in the Region may Stand?
This Policy Paper examines the Middle Eastern countries orientation to explore the opportunities and mechanisms of cooperation among themselves to manage conflicts, and seeks to answer a key question: would the reconciliations in the region stand and reflect positively on regional realities, or is such reconciliations a temporary trend, which its results will remain limited?
Political Islam: A Critique of Discourse and Content
This paper sheds light on the ideology of Political Islam groups during the seventies and eighties of the past century, and the impact this ideology made on how these groups dealing with concepts of authority, in addition to how they judged, from their narrow perspective associated with their partisan organizations and misperceptions.