As I write, Jordan and the Arab world are looking ahead to a “youth boom” that promises to transform our region’s history as much as the oil boom of the 1970s and 1980s.

Last week, leaders from ten other mostly lower-middle income nations joined me at the Dead Sea for an urgent meeting about the future prosperity and social stability of our countries.

War has a terrible cost. But peace also has a cost, especially when generations of conflict demonstrate that the only path to peace is the acknowledgement and settlement of painful and legitimate grievances.

For five years, I have argued that the global struggle against terrorism cannot be fought by military means alone. It is a moral, intellectual, and social effort as well.

Earlier this month, I traveled to Sharm El Sheikh to co-host the summit at which Palestinian President Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon pledged to re-energise the roadmap to peace in the Middle East.

From time to time, history holds moments of great potential, when we can look forward with hope even as we experience crisis and uncertainty. In the Arab-Israeli conflict, just such a moment may be here.

Observers of the Middle East are inclined, these days to raise the question: Where should reform in the Arab World start – within the region or driven from outside?

This year, Jordanians, like Americans, have been killed and injured in devastating terror bombings in Saudi Arabia and Baghdad. The dead include a 5-year-old boy, Yazan Abassi, and his 10-year

This week marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims throughout the world take time to reflect upon the values of our faith: compassion; goodwill; and respect for others.

What is the right approach to development in the 21st century? Does it take only one shape, or can real advances be made in different ways? Modern history provides many lessons,