The role played by the US in the Middle East has long been a topic of heated discussion among intellectuals, politicians and journalists in the region. But although numerous conferences on US-Middle Eastern relations have been held across the Arab world, there has tended to be an under-representation of Americans representing the influential neoconservative (some…
The Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan has conducted a public opinion poll to measure the performance of the government of Dr. Marouf Bakhit one year after its formation, together with the recent reshuffle on November 22. The poll was carried out from 27 November – 1 December 2006. The total size…
PreambleCorruption is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon with multiple causes and effects, as it takes on various forms and functions in different contexts (see Annex 1: for theoretical perspectives and Annex 2: for conceptual definitions). The phenomenon of corruption ranges from the single act of a payment contradicted by law to the endemic malfunction of…