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Moamen Gouda, Neven Bondokji and Mohamad Abu Rumman (Acadmic Advisor of Politics and Scociety Institute) The number of Jordanian foreign fighters that joined extremist groups in Syria and Iraq since 2011 has drawn attention to the Jihadi Salafi scene in Jordan. This article examines the profiles of 780 Jihadi Salafis who were prosecuted in 2011–2017 on terrorism-related charges by the…

Neven Bondokji and Mohammad Abu Rumman (Academic Advisor of Politics and society Institute) In the wake of the Arab Spring, many younger members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan left the movement, especially after 2015, establishing new political parties due to ideological shifts over the nature of the state and questions of civil liberties. Four factors influenced this transformation: identity…

Saudi Press Agency Petra

There is a huge difference between remaining subject to wishful impressions and analyses, and limited personal stances in understanding what took place – and what is still taking place – in the Arab world on the one hand, and transitioning into the world of scientific and objective research and analysis on the other, which defines events within conceptual approaches that…

The Politics and Society Institute (PSI), in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung – Amman office (FES), held a closed virtual session on July 5th, 2022. The session titled “President Biden’s visit to the Middle East: Setting the Stage for a Renewed Partnership?” has focused on the upcoming first /visit of president Biden to the region. The sessions were attended by Jordanian and…

       The project was held in several sessions by the Politics and Society Institute (PSI), in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), to study the changes and transformations that occurred in Islamic movements in many Arab countries after a decade of the Arab Spring revolutions.       The institute aimed through the project, in which dozens of Arab researchers and experts…

The current crisis in Tunisia does not mean the end of its democratic transition. But it needs reliable partners — and to stop opportunistic foreign influence.

Tunisian President Kais Saied’s decisions on July 25, 2021 caused a sensation in Tunisia and the Arab region, with reactions divided between supporters of the decisions in a state of victory over the ruling political forces and those opposing them in fear and anxiety about dragging the country into a state of security instability and the loss of the democratic…

Calls for political reform in the aftermath of the crisis point to a collective realisation that there is a political vacuum in the country

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.