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Geopolitical and economic changes have accelerated worldwide since the Russian military operation in Ukraine. The impact of this military crisis has extended beyond the borders of Europe, casting its shadow on the Middle East and North Africa, causing major political, social and economic repercussions, due to the fragility of the economies in the region and the structural problems it suffers from, such as corruption, unemployment and lack of good governance, and the dependence on imports for most commodities, including food. This paper examines the repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the regional and local Arab political situations, presenting a political reading on the variant standpoints from this war, and then analyzing stances in light of international changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the growing tension in Sino-American relations and its repercussions on Arab-Chinese relations. The paper assumes that the Arab countries have resisted the pressures exerted against their relations with China. As a result, they have achieved a reasonable balance in their relations with the United States and other major powers. The paper indicated that the Chinese-American tension would continue. Therefore, American pressure will continue on the Middle Eastern and other developing countries to curtail their relations with China. Moreover, the United States partners in the Middle East have realized the significant changes in the international political scene and the shifts in the policies of the United States. As a result, they adopted new diversifying foreign policy options, especially the Arab Gulf states. The paper showed that Chinese-Arab relations had reached an advanced stage of strength, linking economic, commercial, political, cultural, and popular interests and transferring relations to the stage of strategic cooperation partnership. Moreover, the level of these relations may soon be upgraded to the stage of comprehensive strategic partnership after the mutual summit in Riyadh on 9/12/2022. The paper concluded that Chinese-Arab relations had reached an advanced level of overlap. However, such overlapping does not prejudice these essential and mutually beneficial relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since its establishment in the Jordanian capital in 1991, the "Middle East Studies Center"(MESC) has been keen to achieve its political, cultural, scientific, and media goals. The center's Journal, the "Middle Eastern Studies journal"(MESJ), is essential to achieving these goals. It was published for the first time in 1996. MESJ is the first Journal in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as a specialized refereed publication. The Journal is concerned with studies, analyses, and reviews related to the dynamic transformations in the Middle East and its future. In addition, the global changes related to the Middle East are under publication interest. This report overviewed the academic materials issued in the Journal and analyzed its content in the series of issues of the Journal; the 100th was published at the beginning of July 2022. The report concluded that the topics of the hundred numbers are divided into seven main axes: Jordanian issues and affairs by 11%, the Palestinian cause by 26%, Arab matters, experiences, and relations by 25%, international issues, positions, and concerns by 10%, regional issues, events and concerns by 6%, Israeli and Zionist events and affairs by 5%, and books and university theses and dissertations for review and bibliography files by 17%. The report recommends that the Journal is in the libraries of Jordanian and Arab official and private universities because it contains research papers, scientific studies, and political, economic, social, and cultural analyses that teachers, students, researchers, and readers have to know. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]