Energy Crossroads: A Burning Need to Change Course - 22.06.2011
As our global population and its appetite for energy rise drastically, resource depletion and global warming have become the most pressing issues facing humanity today...
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Lecture – "Water in Rentier States: A Case Study of Jordan" - 23.05.2011
Water shortage in Jordan is the outcome of natural resource scarcity, on one side, and the failure of the society to respond adaptively to water scarcity on the other.
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Film –"Blue Gold: World Water Wars" - 11.05.2011
Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena.
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CSS Academic Dialogue Series in Jordan “Film entitled "Lemon Tree" - 17.04.2011
Salma (Hiam Abbass), a Palestinian widow, has to stand
up against her new neighbor, the Israeli Defense
Minister, when he moves into his new house opposite
her lemon grove, on the green line border. The Israeli
security forces are quick to declare that Salma’s trees
pose a threat to the Minister’s safety and issue orders
to uproot them.
(Arabic with English subtitles)
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CSS Academic Dialogue Series in Jordan “Behind the Scenes of Zionist Land Acquisition in British Mandate Palestine” - 11.04.2011
The Center for Strategic Studies Academic Dialogue Series in Jordan
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The CSS Academic Dialogue Series in Jordan presents a conference entitled "Women's Rights at Times of Social Change" - 27.03.2011
Under the Patronage of Professor Dr. Adel Tweisi President of the University of Jordan. The Center for Strategic Studies and the Center for Women's Studies
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Conference - Crossroads Through Time: West Asia and Europe - 14.02.2011
In cooperation between The Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan & Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Pusan Universityof Foreign Studies (All presentations will be in English)
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The World Responds to Iran’s Elections:An Early Assessmentment - 15.10.2009
This study will seek to 1) catalogue known Iranian SSM and anti-ship cruise missile systems 2) identify the strategic threat
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Implementation of Jordan-EU Action Plan:A CSS Independent Evaluation 2008 - 22.04.2009
The Center for Strategic at the University of Jordan issued an evaluation report on the implementation of the Jordan EU Action in 2008. The report tackles the political, social and economic aspects of the Action Plan and highlights Jordan’s progress in economic and social reforms, and to a lesser extent in political reforms.
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Economic Reform, Firms Entry and Exit and Competitiveness in MENA \Joradn - 13.04.2009
The Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan and the International Development Research Center held a research project’s regional workshop
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Economic Reform, Firms Entry and Exit and Competitiveness in MENA \Turkey - 13.04.2009
The Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan and the International Development Research Center held a research project’s regional workshop
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Economic Reform, Firms Entry and Exit and Competitiveness in MENA \Tunisia - 13.04.2009
The Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan and the International Development Research Center held a research project’s regional workshop
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Economic Reform, Firms Entry and Exit and Competitiveness in MENA \Morocco - 13.04.2009
The Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan and the International Development Research Center held a research project’s regional workshop
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The Global Economic Crisis and Reform Priorities - 06.04.2009
The Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan hosted Professor Jomo Sundaram, the Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in the United Nations
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Arabs and the USA Administration - 05.04.2009
The Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan hosted HRH Prince Turky Al Faisal on Saturday 4/4/2009, where a closed roundtable discussion took place at the CSS
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The Tehran-Washington Talks Dilemma and Possible Scenarios - 18.02.2009
Following three decades of mutual verbal attacks and threats of violence, Tehran and Washington are reviving hope for diplomatic talks. This is not the first time that Tehran and Washington engaged in diplomacy since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979
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PRESS RELEASE: FINAL CLUB OF MADRID MISSION TO JORDAN - 18.12.2008
Sadig Al Mahdi, former Prime Minister of Sudan, Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway, and Valdis Birkavs, former Prime Minister of Latvia met with the Prime Minister of Jordan, HE Nader Al Thahabi, to discuss Club of Madrid’s work in the region and in Jordan, democratic dialogue, freedom of association and ongoing regional challenges and successes.
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Poll on Jordanian Public Opinion toward the Election of Barack Obama - 15.12.2008
The Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan conducted a public opinion poll between November 25, and December 6, 2008
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Annual Conference of Euro-Mediterranean Research Centers - 19.11.2008
The Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan hosted the fourth conference of Euro-Mediterranean Research Centers (EuroMeSCo) in Amman from 16-17 October 2008, in cooperation with the EuroMeSCo. The conference was attended by numerous experts in the area of Euro–Mediterranean cooperation.
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Economic Growth, Income Distribution and the Middle Class in Jordan (2002 – 2006) - 13.07.2008
This paper aims to explore the effects of structural adjustment and economic reform in Jordan through the lens of income distribution.
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Prime Minister Nader Al Dahabi's Government after 200 days of its formation - 18.06.2008
The Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan conducted a public opinion poll on the government of His Excellency Nader Al-Dhahabi 200 days after its formation between June 11, 2008 and June 14, 2008.
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The Israeli Lobby and US Foreign Policy - 09.06.2008
Under the patronage of Professor Khaled Al- Karaki, The Center for Strategic Studies had organized a lecture by Professor John Mearsheimer/ University of Chicago and Professor Stephen Walt/ Harvard University to present their book entitled “The Israeli Lobby and US Foreign Policy”.
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Lecture on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Al Nakbeh - 27.05.2008
On the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Al Nakbeh, the Center for Strategic Studies organized a lecture by Dr. Azmi Bshara on 26th of May 2008 at Sameer Shama Auditorium/ Faculty of Law/ University of Jordan.
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How the Middle Class is Coping in Jordan The richest 30 percent in Jordan own 60 percent of total income - 20.05.2008
Ibrahim Saif, Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies (University of Jordan), Yasmeen Tabbaa, Research Assistant at the Centre for Strategic Studies (University of Jordan), finished a study on trends and shifts in the socio-economic conditions of the middle class in a period of economic growth and structural adjustment.
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The Iranian Intentions behind Joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization - 13.04.2008
On the 25th March 2008, China welcomed Iran’s desire to strengthen cooperation in all spheres with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) following its official application in April 2007 to become a full member.
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