The King’s letter to the government, concerning the economy blueprint, consists of four main components and albeit not detailed, as such letters of directive should be, is comprehensive. It embodies a consistent vision that His Majesty has espoused and presented repeatedly

US President Barack Obama’s visit to Riyadh for talks with King Abdullah Ben Abdul Aziz last week was intended to repair the strained relations between the two traditional allies over Syria, Iran, Palestine and Iraq. Whether it succeeded or not is another question. Riyadh

It seems that US President Barack Obama is running out of ideas on how to vilify Russian President Vladimir Putin or punish him for “grabbing” Crimea a few weeks ago. At the recent Nuclear Security Summit at The Hague, Obama described Russia as only a regional power,

I found it rather odd and without much precedence that the US decided to slam travel- and asset-related sanctions on some high Russian officials as a way to punish Moscow for its last week’s annexation of Crimea. Moscow reciprocated with sanctions of its own against a

Russia’s kneejerk reaction to the change of guard in Kiev is to be expected.

Jordan is beset by many challenges and crises.

The heart of the matter for all those troubled by the notions of “tawteen” (granting citizenship to Palestinians) or turning Jordan into the homeland for the Palestinians (watan al badeel) is the shared perspective that many Jordanian citizens of Palestinian origin ar

From day one of the Geneva peace talks between Damascus and the Syrian opposition, the Syrian government wanted to give terrorism in the country a priority consideration. Fair enough! Terrorism should indeed be given a top priority in all peace negotiations, provided the two si

Sometimes I wonder why some people, including MPs continue to cast doubt on the ability of the government to protect the interests of the country in the face of the ongoing peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. Some people fear that the solution to the Israeli-Palesti