The Ambassador of Japan to Jordan Hidenao Yanagi delivered a lecture at the University of Jordan titled: “Japanese Policy towards the Middle East including the Jordan-Japan Relations”. He addressed topics including Jordan’s importance in the region, Jordan – Japan relations, the conflict in Syria in …
The Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah II School of International Studies at the University of Jordan hosted Senator Hussein Hazza Al Majalito lecture on “The role of political elites in Jordan”. Al Majali underlined challenges facing Jordan as a result of the instability situations in …
A team of scholars from the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment visited the Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II School of International Studies and met with its prof. Mohammed Al-Katatsheh.
The scholars were interested in discussing how Jordan managed to preserve its stability despite all the security challenges and instability in the neighbouring countries. The visiting team included Dr. Brynjar Lia, Dr. Petter Nesser, and Henrik Gråtrud.
For the full description of the event and more information on what was discussed visit The University of Jordan
A new paper by Karim Makdisi and entitled “Palestine and the Arab–Israeli Conflict: 100 Years of Regional Relevance and International Failure” was published in MENARA Papers. “This paper asserts that the Arab–Israeli conflict, and in particular the question of Palestine, has been the major issue of …
Book chapter co-authored by Gökay Özerim and Elif Çetin “Conseguenze della “crisi dei rifugiati” per la Turchia: nuove sfide in politica estera e interna?” in Valerio De Cesaris ve Emidio Diodato (ed.) Il confine mediterraneo: L’Europa di fronte agli sbarchi dei migranti, Carocci Editore. See the book …
Graduates and students of the Master’s in International Studies Program, offered by the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies at Birzeit University, presented papers in which they analyzed political phenomena affecting the Arab countries and the world as a whole in a symposium organized by the Institute on Saturday, December 8, 2018.
See more on the event here.
SIRIUS first working paper titled “The politics of integration: adjusting to new lives in host societies” was published, authored by Michelle Pace (Roskilde University) and Dogus Simsek (Koç University). “The paper outlines the academic debates on the topic of migrant and refugee integration. Given the diversity of …
“The EU and 50 Years of Occupation: Resistant to or Complicit with Normalization?”, by Daniela Huber, published in Middle East Critique. This article focuses on the role the EU has played in the normalization of the 50-year long Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territory. Has …
“What the ratification of the Prespa Agreement means for Greek politics”, article by Nikolaos Tzifakis, published at LSE EUROPP Blog.
The Prespa Agreement resolving the long-running Macedonia name dispute between Athens and Skopje was ratified in the Greek parliament on 25 January. Nikolaos Tzifakis explains that with a majority of Greek citizens opposed to the agreement, the issue stands to have a significant impact on the Greek parliamentary elections due to be held later this year.
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New Article by Vivienne Matthies-Boon, “Injustice Turned Inward? Continuous Traumatic Stress and Social Polarization in Egypt”, in Middle East – Topics and Arguments. “Based on 40 life-story testimonies with young Cairene activists, this article argues that post-revolutionary Egypt was marked by Continuous Traumatic Stress (CTS). …