Iam still struggling with managing the time to be back in full-fledge blogging here. However, I will continue posting some interesting features published by other news sources and informative essays on Jordan. This is an article about Jordan's nuclear option from Oxford Business Group. It is interesting to see that Jordan has opted to deal with the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), which is... [read more]

This is another nice economic article by the Oxford Business Group. Short, concise and based on facts and figures. This one provides an insight to the aspirations Jordan has for developing a nuclear energy programme for electricity generation. This is the full text of the article   Jordan has reaffirmed its commitment to developing a nuclear energy programme, one that will meet much of the kingdom's... [read more]

I have a tendency to like the global ranking systems developed by research institutions and networks. They may not be scientifically accurate with a margin of error in collecting data but they do reflect the actual situation in a relative manner. I was interested with the Global Innovation Index (GII) developed by the INSEAD and World Business Magazine. This index tries to measure which nations... [read more]

King Abdullah's declaration that Jordan is seeking to develop a national nuclear energy programme raised a lot of skeptic feelings. This is a natural reaction. How could a small country facing considerable poverty and unemployment challenges think of developing a costly nuclear programme which could not be at the top of its development list? This argument is correct, and I had the same reaction... [read more]

This is hot news I just discovered. In an interview with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz today, King Abdullah II declared that Jordan is seeking to develop a nuclear programme. The King said to Akiva Eldar, one of Israel's few progressive and real peace advocates in a comprehensive interview which contained the following statements: " The rules have changed on the nuclear subject throughout the whole... [read more]

Nature, the World's leading scientific magazine has published a very interesting profile in its latest issue about Science and Islam. The essays and opinions in this profile provide  alot of challenges and issues to discuss in the Muslim World, where science has always been at the lower levels of priority. You can take a look at all the contents of the profile here http://www.nature.com/news/specials/islamandscience/index... [read more]