SEMINARS WITH BJÖRN BRENNER during Sweden's annual democracy week Almedalen 2017. This year, Björn Brenner focused on the social situation in Jordan and criticised the country's poor educational system. Brenner warned that the Jordanian youth lack sufficient tools to be…
POLICY ANALYSIS BY BJÖRN BRENNER Following Donald Trump's first trip abroad as president, notably to Saudi Arabia and Israel, contours are beginning to appear of a new US strategy in the Middle East. This strategy appears to stand on three…
REFEREED ARTICLE IN STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT BY BJÖRN BRENNER 'The Deradicalisation of Islamists by Islamists: Hamas's kid-glove approach to Salafi-Jihadists in the Gaza Strip 2010-2015', Strategic Assessment, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2017. Abstract The Hamas administration in Gaza first set out…
This is a summary in English of an article by Björn Brenner recently published in the Journal of the Swedish Institute for International Affairs (Utrikesmagasinet). The article in Swedish can be read in full here. Since 2011, around 30,000 young…
Following Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven's meeting with his Jordanian counterpart Hani al-Mulki, Expressen TV interviewed Björn Brenner about Swedish-Jordanian relations and the current humanitarian and security situation in the Hashemite kingdom. These were the main points of his commentary:…
On 1-2 December 2015, the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan (RSS) hosted a conference entitled, 'Regional Forum on Science and Technology Diplomacy: Towards Transformative and Inclusive Partnerships for a Sustainable Future'. The conference was organised jointly by the United Nations…
Dear students, colleagues and friends, A warm welcome to all those of you reading this who are interested in research on Israeli and Palestinian politics. During 2015-2016, my research will be conducted on location in the Levant. Via this site…
What could be a better start of this blog than to honour the memory of one of Sweden's most prominent and liked diplomats of all time, Dr Gunnar Jarring. His ultra-distinguished career spanned over more than half a century and…