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Borders Without a Nation: Syria, Outside Powers, and Open-Ended Instability

In Syria’s border regions, changes in demographics, economics, and security mean that an inter-Syrian peace process will require consensus among main regional powers that Syria must remain united, that no one side can be victorious, and that perennial instability threatens the region.

· September 10, 2024
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Sada
Middle East NATO Office and Regional Security

NATO’s decision to open office in Jordan strengthens western powers’ interests and challenges speculation surrounding their declining security engagement with the region.

  • Hana Elshehaby, 
  • Aylin Salahifar
· September 5, 2024
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How Can Policy Mitigate Climate Vulnerability in the Middle East?
June 11, 2024

The Middle East and North Africa, the most water scarce region in the world, is facing simultaneous climate, governance, and social challenges that the region's leaders and citizens can no longer ignore.

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Line of cars drive through Amman surrounded by fog/smog
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Assessing Climate Vulnerabilities in Amman City

How Jordan’s capital city articulates its policies responding and adapting to the climate crisis.

  • Reem Halaseh
· May 23, 2024
Ali Salih Atta, 84, who owns a farm in the Ajlun Governorate that includes the oldest olive trees in Jordan, close to the Jordan River, walks in his grove on September 25, 2023. (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Vulnerability and Governance in the Context of Climate Change in Jordan

Through concerted efforts to strengthen adaptive capacity in the socioeconomic and urban sectors, Jordan can improve its prospects for resilience and prosperity in the face of climate change.

· May 16, 2024
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Diwan
Iran Has Retaliated Against Israel for Its Killing of Several Quds Force Generals

Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa.

· April 14, 2024
commentary
Jordan’s Redline on Admitting Palestinians Is Unlikely to Change