The Politics and Society Institute (PSI), in partnership with the King Abdullah Fund for Development (KAFD), has unveiled their new book titled “On the Cusp of Change.” Authored by Muhammad Abu Rumman, Abdullah Al-Jabour, and Wael Al-Khatib, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the current political landscape, exposing critical structural deficiencies within major political parties. The new book reveals…
Read More »Jordan
The Politics and Society Institute (PSI) held a preparatory meeting with the Deans of Student Affairs in public universities ahead of launching the “Siaso-Meter” project. The project aims to create a public space within universities for political movements, and debates, and to identify political inclinations and trends. It aims to empower students to participate politically and party-wise within their universities…
Read More »The Politics and Society Institute presents illustrated stories produced by the participating youth in the “Our Community Story” project, which lasted for 12 months and targeted 36 young individuals from various regions, including Tafileh, Ma’an, Balqa, Madaba, Mafraq, and Ajloun. According to the project manager, Engineer Hussein Al-Sarayreh, the participants learned how to use digital tools to narrate their stories…
Read More »The differences were evident in the two speeches used by the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, and the Syrian, Faisal al-Miqdad, in their press conference on Safadi’s visit to Damascus at the beginning of this July. Safadi sought to emphasize key points that represent the Jordanian agenda towards Syria, while al-Miqdad avoided Commenting on it, while making sure to emphasize…
Read More »For more than two decades, the most optimistic people about the final solution no longer expected a consensus on a real two-state solution, in accordance with international resolutions. This coincided with a remarkable successive shift of the electoral political trends in Israel towards the far right, the extreme right, and the extremist religious forces, with a noticeable and significant decline…
Read More »There is no longer any doubt, even in the slightest degree, that Israel will not accept the establishment of a Palestinian state in accordance with UN resolutions, which is what Netanyahu recently declared as it has become clear like the sun which cannot be covered with a sieve. Consequently, Jordanian adherence to the peaceful settlement in the diplomatic discourse has become…
Read More »The recently published book, “Islamists in Jordan: Religion, State, and Society” (to be published soon by the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung in Amman) deals with the developments and transformations of the Jordanian Islamists in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, although it is, as the authors say a revisit to the field of political Islam in Jordan, however, goes beyond the traditional…
Read More »The recent period witnessed the issuance of numerous studies and research, especially in Western and American studies centers, based on the approach to Palestinian rights or the one-state solution, which is an old-new proposition that was adopted by a group of intellectuals, but it did not receive interest from any party, and at that time it represented a “scenario”. Fantasy”,…
Read More »The Politics and Society Institute, in partnership with Masarat Center in Palestine, conducted an intensive and closed workshop on May 27th and 28th to analyze the Israeli-Palestinian situation and the strategic interests of Jordan. The closed workshop, which spanned two days and consisted of four sessions, included Jordanian and Palestinian experts, politicians, and researchers from the West Bank and within…
Read More »It is clear that the main title of the upcoming Riyadh summit is to stop the decision to freeze the participation of the Syrian regime in the meetings of the League of Arab States, including the invitation of the head of the regime himself, Bashar al-Assad, to the summit, a trend that caught the attention of many Arab governments, during…
Read More »