Making Eretz Israel: The 1967 Six-Day War and Its Consequences

November 17, 2020

Prelude to the war The Arab-Israeli conflict (the four main wars between the various Arab states and Israel) dominated over the politics of the region of the Middle East since the formal proclamation …

Jordan: “Fake Stability” Prelude to “Misery and Mayhem”

November 7, 2020

Opinion

Jordan is one of those countries you seldom hear about, however, it is located in a tough neighbourhood. When you think of the “Middle East”, a familiar set of images in a listener’s head, and most of…

What’s the Conflict Between Greece and Turkey All About?

October 1, 2020

Opinion

The majority of people tend to think of the concept of history as if it is something relegated only to the past. As if they are not living through what will become history in the future. Doing so allo…

Whither the Arab and the Muslim World?

August 19, 2020

Opinion

An agreement to establish diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel and a Saudi-Pakistani spat over Kashmir coupled with feuds among Gulf states and between Turkey, the kingdom,…

Apartheid or One State: Has Jordan Broken a Political Taboo?

August 9, 2020

Opinion

What will it take for the idea of a two-state solution, which was hardly practical to begin with, to be completely abandoned? Every realistic assessment of the situation on the ground indicates, with …

Israel Annexation Plan: Jordan’s Existential Threat

July 14, 2020

Opinion

More than any other Arab state, Jordan’s past, present and future are inextricably linked to the question of Palestine. Jordan’s emergence is an outcome of British imperialism, which imposed the …

The ‘Clean Break’ Doctrine: A Modern-Day Sykes-Picot Waging War and Havoc in the Middle East

May 22, 2020

History

In 1996 a task force, led by Richard Perle, produced a policy document titled “A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm” for Benjamin Netanyahu, who was then in his first term as Prime Min…

Arab Countries Face Real Shake-Up of Economies and Their Geopolitics Amid Corona Crisis

April 22, 2020

Opinion

Gulf Arab countries have nowhere to look for a bailout of their own private sector, like in the UAE, once the envy of the Arab world, as the banks just can’t pull it off. New friendships can flourish …