Jordan

The Politics and Society Institute launched the “Our Community Story” project, a yearlong initiative that aims to empower the next generation of Jordan’s storytellers with the skills and tools they need to make an impact in the local communities and beyond. The project will recruit 36 Jordanian youths from across the country And is being implemented in partnership with the…

The Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Azmi Mahafzah stressed that the decision to facilitate the involvement of young people in political work, especially in institutions of higher education, is a directive from the top of the pyramid of power. The workshop was held at the University of Jordan, organized by the Ministry of Higher Education and the University of Jordan…

A few days ago, the Politics and Society Institute (in Amman) and the Tammy Foundation for Youth Development published the book, which I co-authored with the researcher Kamel Al-Nabulsi, “Youth Policies in the Arab Countries: What Has Changed After the Arab Spring?”, which is a comparative and analytical study of the policies of eight Arab countries. Towards youth (Egypt, Tunisia,…

The world saw Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir, in December 2021, grabbing his pistol, even though he was surrounded by Israeli soldiers, and pointing it at the Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah. This scene embodies his program on which he ran in the recent Israeli elections, and now he and those who share the same program will most likely be part…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine had created various crises on the international stage, particular in energy prices, food supply chains, and inflation. These events made many countries reconsider the strategic importance of the Middle East and the Arabian Gulf. In a virtual roundtable hosted by the Politics and Society Institute in coordination with Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung, experts from the Arab World…

In the scientific seminar “The War in Syria: A Way Forward”, held jointly by the Politics and Society Institute (PSI) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) on 11th of October 2021, Jordanian and European experts virtually gathered to engage in a lively discussion on the future of strategic and security considerations to Syria and the region. Main topics included firstly,…

The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: The Internal Disturbance in the Light of Generation Gap and Overcoming the Regulatory Frameworkتنزيل

the new book published by the Politics and Society Institute (PSI) in cooperation with the King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD) reveals that the majority of the current political parties face structural deficiencies that hinder the ability of internal regularization in accordance with the new law, the current partisan scene is leading to structural changes after the main modifications…

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…

Politics and Society Institute held a discussion session on the Israeli scene, its complexities, and how it can be read in a Jordanian or Palestinian context, presented by Dr. Ahmed Jamil Azm, Professor of Political Science at Qatar University, in addition to several experts, academics and writers in this field.       The session, moderated by Rami Adwan, resident director of…