A bad deal on Syria
By Daoud Kuttab AÂ truce reached at the Munich Security Conference last week requires halting the fight in blood-soaked Syria within a week. We[…]
Reconciliation is measured by results
    By Daoud Kuttab For the first time in years, Palestinian reconciliation talks have not received the usual high-calibre media[…]
How Palestine plans to shift its media strategy
By Daoud Kuttab You would expect the holder of the title “director of strategic communications and English-language spokesman†to talk about how to[…]
Guest workers in Jordan
By Daoud Kuttab The preliminary results of the national census in Jordan show that Syrian refugees number around 1.3 million. Along with other[…]
The man behind the future of education in Palestine
For more than 52 years, Palestinians completing 12th grade have faced a stressful, life-changing experience. Their admission to university has depended on how[…]
Abbas defends policy
By Daoud Kuttab In today’s politically expedient age, it has become rare to see a leader defend one of his own. Mahmoud Abbas,[…]
Palestinian intelligence chief undermines his own political ambitions
By Daoud Kuttab The head of the Palestinian intelligence service, Maj. Gen. Majid Faraj, is often seen traveling alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.[…]
When tribal law supersedes civil law
By Daoud Kuttab AÂ murder took place in Jordan. The suspected killer is known, but unlike in normal cases, this time it was addressed[…]
Arrest of Palestinian journalist reflection of ‘political chaos’
By Daoud Kuttab Palestinian journalist Salim Sweidan, owner of Nablus TV, was released Jan. 12 after having spent four days in jail. Sweidan,[…]
Knowledge helps creating an enabling environment for change in Jordan
    By Daoud Kuttab Behavioural experts have been studying what makes people change the way they think and work. Change[…]