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185 World Affs. 4 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/wrldaf185 and id is 1 raw text is: NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Focus on the Middle East Welcome to our first 2022 issue in the 185th volume of World Affairs journal (WAJ)! Quite by coincidence, our first four articles this spring focus on ongoing political affairs in the Middle East. Each article was submitted individually to the journal. However, when read together in this issue of WAJ, they form a detailed set of inter-related arguments, information, and observations that serve as a useful symposium on recent and current events in the region. All converge in illustrating and commenting on some of the most pressing concerns that face the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region today, update previous WAJ articles in the area (see, for example, Choksy and Choksy 2016; Hama 2020; Hayden 2016; Pope 2018; Totten 2016), and offer useful recommendations and advice for policy practitioners both within and beyond the Middle East. In our first article, Alon Ben-Meir (2022) presents an extended and powerful Case for an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation-a topic that forms a key theme in the Policy Studies Organization Middle East Dialogue Conference to be held (virtually) in Washington, D.C., on March 18, 2022.1 Ben-Meir gives a detailed policy proposal, taking into account multiple perspectives, policy dimensions, and potential pit- falls. He also offers policy advice tailored individually not only to the key players involved (Israel, Palestine, and Jordan), but also specifically to policy makers in the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Truly an excellent read for all WAJreaders! The proposal will espe- cially appeal to those wishing to broaden their knowledge on past and present issues involved in the ongoing troubled relations between Israel 'See https://ipsonet.org/conferences/middle-east-dialogue/. 4 1 WORLD AFFAIRS