Amman – Samir Al-Rifai, Deputy Chairman of the Senate and former Prime Minister believes that the war on Gaza does not have a negative impact on the political modernization project. In an exclusive interview with the Jordanian Politics and Society Magazine, Al-Rifai urges various political forces to focus on the reform program rather than politically exploiting external events. “I believe…
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Executive Summary Although the matter of the parliamentary elections has been definitively settled, with September 10th designated as the date for holding them, there remains a significant unresolved issue in the corridors of decision-making regarding the fate of Bisher Al-Khasawneh’s government. The prevailing expectation is that Al-Khasawneh will oversee the upcoming elections, after which a new prime minister will be…
Read More »Politics and Society (PSI) Institute, funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), in partnership with the Naya Community Network and the Citizenship Center for Development, launched the “New Horizon” project, which aims to enhance the civil and political participation of youth and women in Jordan, based on the outcomes of the Royal Commission to Modernize the Political System. The…
Read More »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…
Read More »Based on its awareness and educational role, the King Abdullah II Fund for Development launches the New Voters Project in partnership with the Politics and Society Institute, which aims to qualify educational cadres on the approach of democratic education that was formulated by the National Council for Curriculum Development. The project also aims to empower educational political cadres and provide…
Read More »Tunisia’s political system has undergone major transformations since the events of Republic Day (25 July 2021) when President Kais Saied undertook extraordinary measures, issuing authorities in the country, dismissing the House of Representatives, dismissing the Government and making a new politically depoliticized Government, drafting a new constitution for the country and new election law, many wonders where Tunisia is headed?…
Read More »The Politics and Society Institute (PSI) and the Netherlands Institute for Multi-Party (NIMD) Democracy signed a cooperation agreement to begin implementing the “Strategic Planning for Parties” project, which aims to activate the partisan institutions and strengthen their roles as main actors in the field after the absence and drop-out of their roles in the last years, in accordance with…
Read More »On Saturday, the Institute of Politics and Society discussed a research paper entitled “The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: Internal turmoil in light of the generational gap and the transgression of organizational frameworks” by researcher Muhammad Al-Amin Assaf, in which a group of experts, specialists and activists in political and Islamic affairs participated. Assaf presented the paper in five…
Read More »Mohammad Alameen Assaf The expansion of the committed space outside the regulated frameworks cannot be considered the only case in the context of the dissolution of the regulatory state at the expense of the unregulated space. The party and political spaces that are framed and organized in general today have become less attractive than in the past, and their ability…
Read More »The Lebanese Prime Minister diagnoses the current situation in Lebanon and the proposed solutions Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati crossed the lobby of the Politics and Society Institute (PSI), which is located on Wasfi al-Tal Street, and heard from the Director of Program Development, Hussein Sarayrah, an explanation of the Institute’s activities and projects while watching the pictures that filled…
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