Politics Society

The findings of a survey conducted by the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan, two years after the formation of Prime Minister Dr. Jaafar Hassan’s government, raise questions that extend beyond the conventional assessment of government performance, the prime minister, and his ministerial team. They touch upon one of the most persistent challenges confronting Jordan’s political system…

The King Has Moved Ahead of State Institutions in Defining the Threat The article examines a potential gap between the urgency of the King’s warnings and the nature of the institutional and political response. The most pressing question is whether decision-making mechanisms, early-warning systems, and national preparedness have evolved accordingly, or whether the response has remained largely confined to political…

Jordan’s political modernization agenda is advancing, while theatre and drama are increasingly struggling to translate political and social transformations into sustained public debate. Artistic works carry political significance when they address power relations, corruption, unemployment, freedoms, and citizens’ relationships with institutions, even without directly portraying political figures. The decline of Jordanian theatre and drama reflects interconnected weaknesses in financing, production,…

Executive Summary      Morocco’s legislative elections are set to take place on 23 September 2026 in a context markedly different from that of the 2021 elections. Inflation fell from 6.6% in 2022 to 0.8% in 2025, yet this decline has not dispelled public perceptions of eroding purchasing power. Unemployment stands at around 13%, rising to 37.2% among young people. The…

Executive Summary This paper examines a growing governance gap in Jordan’s medical sector, specifically the weak alignment between specialist certification, clinical privileges, effective oversight, and accountability mechanisms when adverse events occur or complaints are filed. The paper argues that the core problem lies not in the absence of institutions or legislation, but rather in an incomplete regulatory framework that does…

Executive Summary Political deadlock and the absence of broad social acceptance pushed the movement toward an alternative path based on armed organisation. Allowing an armed actor to participate in negotiations without requiring it to disarm enabled the movement to accumulate political legitimacy and military power simultaneously. The generation whose political consciousness took shape before 2004 is less vulnerable; the greater…

Against the backdrop of changes in European Israeli relations and the escalation of Israeli policies in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip particularly the use of settlement expansion as a means of undermining the two state solution, eliminating the practical possibility of establishing an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and advancing displacement eleven European countries,…

A policy paper published by the Politics and Society Institute has called for the adoption of a unified national strategy to transform Jordan from a transit corridor for goods into an integrated regional hub for trade, logistics, manufacturing, and re-export. The paper stresses that capitalizing on shifts in regional trade requires linking the movement of goods to productive activities that…

Report: Negative sentiment accounted for 87.2% of engagement on news platforms, compared with 0% on official pages. Report: Engagement on official pages was dominated by congratulatory messages and expressions of support. This did not necessarily indicate public approval of the reshuffle, as the substantive debate shifted to news platforms on social media. Report: Online discourse framed the cabinet reshuffle as…

This paper was prepared based on a dialogue session convened by the Politics and Society Institute with journalist and U.S. affairs expert Imad Al-Rawashdeh, with the participation of a group of researchers, politicians, and journalists, to discuss the U.S. elections and their regional implications. Introduction The ongoing transformations in American politics reveal a landscape far more complex than the traditional…