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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…

The proposal by Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, to assign security and administrative responsibility for parts of the West Bank to Jordan sparked a dispute with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an interview with Besheva, Lieberman argued that the Palestinian Authority was no longer capable of administering these areas and that Israel needed to find another party…

The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria issued a new statement on the occasion of the fifth ordinary session of its Shura Council—the second such meeting since the liberation—held, in the statement’s words, amid “highly complex regional and international circumstances.”[1] The statement contained sixteen points: ten addressing external affairs and six focused on domestic issues, although several carried messages directed simultaneously at…

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,…

The displacement scenario remains the most prominent in the calculations of the dominant political current, and it poses the gravest danger to Jordan. Any formula that places broad security or administrative responsibilities on Jordan, while the core instruments of control remain in Israel’s hands, would drain the Kingdom, draw it into daily friction with the Palestinian population, and open the…

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…

A few days ago, Al-Umma Party — formerly the Islamic Action Front (IAF) — elected Muath al-Khawaldeh as its new secretary-general, in the party’s first leadership elections since changing its name. The election comes at a fundamentally different moment from previous leadership transitions, following the legal ban on the Muslim Brotherhood, with which the party was historically associated and which…

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…