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King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein letter to the Director of the General Intelligence Department, General Ahmad Hosni, was far from a usual document in Jordanian politics.

Ongoing conflicts in Syria, Libya, and Yemen are expected to continue to destabilize the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in 2021. However, technology will likely add another layer of complexity to these conflicts and reshape the region throughout the 2020s.

The year 2020 witnessed the passing of the tenth anniversary of the start of the Arab revolutions, which ignited the first spark from the body of the Tunisian young man, Mohamed Bouazizi, who burned himself after being insulted by the local authorities in the city of Sidi Bouzid after they confiscated the vegetable cart from which he was feeding, to…

For the first time since September 11, 2001, we see the manifestations of a military presence in Washington, DC (since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington by civilian aircraft). The storming of the Congress was more than just a demonstration that got out of control, as reports indicate the…

A Jordanian politician says, “It is necessary to always remember that we are not on the borders of Denmark and Austria,” but rather a ship in choppy seas, strong waves and great fluctuations that afflict countries and societies everywhere. This seasoned politician spoke at a panel discussion (held by the Institute of Politics and Society in Amman and the Center…

The recent report issued by the Politics and Society Institute, the German organization “Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung” and the Phenix Center for Economics and Informatics Studies (the outcome of intensive dialogue sessions with dozens of young activists in Jordan) provides an important reading of the attitude of Jordanian youth towards public work and political participation and the extent of the political alienation they…

Over the past few months, reports warning of the possibility of the return of ISIS have proliferated, which are based on several field indicators, foremost among which are the unchanged political, economic, and social causes and conditions that led to the rise of the organization, the fragility of the Middle East, regional political and sectarian conflicts, the lack of a…

Since the Arab Spring, relations between the group and the kingdom have undergone a dramatic shift The current standoff between the Jordanian government and the Muslim Brotherhood differs from past crises.

Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs, Musa al Maaytah was successful in encouraging political parties to participate in the 2020 Parliamentary elections

Jordan advanced 45 places in the Doing Business Report over the past three years to move to the 69th position out of 190 countries listed.