Jordan’s regime has tough challenges ahead — its economic situation is poor and it faces a humanitarian refugee crisis which will encourage division and discord within the Kingdom — but it is safe from the threat of collapse.

  By Raphael Levy, Research Assistant 15th August 2014, Security and Defence, Issue 3, No. 6.  Download as PDF. Escalations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are, unfortunately, nothing new. Estimations at the time of writing are that almost 2000 Palestinians (figures for civilians ...

June 2013 saw the second turnover in the Egyptian democratic transition when millions of people gathered on the streets of Cairo to demand an immediate resignation of the first democratically elected Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi. Morsi’s one year tenure was marked by increasing authoritarianism and islamisation, which were both reflected in the draft constitution introduced by the Morsi Government in November 2013 (the 2013 constitution).

Just six weeks after the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi’s government, Egypt finds itself on the precipice of civil war and complete meltdown.

HSC Executive Director Julie Lenarz reflects on Foreign Secretary William Hague’s comment on the violent situation in Egypt for the Evening Standard 20th August 2013 “I welcome the Foreign Secretary William Hague’s comment on the situation in Egypt. The military’s overthrow of ...