Based on a political sociology of two families of religious scholars, al-Hakim and al-Khu'i,
Elvire Corboz explains the internal workings of transnational leadership patterns in Shiism …

There is a method to the apparent madness of Arab politics. In a region where friends can
become enemies and enemies become friends seemingly at the drop of the hat, Curtis Ryan …

THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN has long played a regional foreign policy role that
seems to belie its small size and its limite economic and military means. 1 That role in no …

Jordan and Syria, severed parts of the same country, were in many ways 'siblings': their
systemic situation, as economically weak small states surrounded by more powerful …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played a vital role in the Middle East by providing
needed funding for middle-and low-income countries there. Yet, it also has been vilified as a …

Of all the bilateral relationships between Arab states, the Jordanian-Syrian relationship has
been among the most tumultuous. Jordanian-Syrian relations have, more often than not …

As opposed to the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty (March 1979), the one between Jordan and
Israel (October 1994) was treated by both politicians and the public as a 'warm peace'. The …

Following independence, but particularly following the 1948–1949 Arab-Israeli War and
more so in the wake of the assassination of King Abdullah I, a common prediction among …

Growing attention is being paid to policies in authoritarian regimes, but studies of the policy-
making processes themselves remain heavily focused on democratic countries, particularly …

The Levant is one of the most conflict-prone sub-regions in the Middle East and has
relatively few natural sources. Hence, over the years it has played a secondary role for …