MEMPSI - Middle East Media and Policy Studies Institute

Jordan ranks 120 out of 180 nations in press freedom, advancing nine positions in the 2022 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), according to Jordan News Agency, Petra.  Ranking 5th among the Arab…
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Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh - Experts and experienced practitioners know well the difference between a “strategic” plan and an “action” plan. However, many in our society, including officials and leaders in the various sectors, often use the two…
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World Press Freedom Day is falls on May 3rd amid crucial challenges and structural changes across the world, where media plays the role of observing, witnessing and reporting major events. There is a controversy on media objectivity and…
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Russia has not achieved its goals in its war with Ukraine as the Russian invasion entered its second month on 26th March 2022. Russian forces failed to achieve a victory and occupy the capital Kyiv. The Russian army had demanded a total…
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Yemen has witnessed several developments that could lead to an end to the seven-year old war in the country. The foremost of the developments are the establishment of a presidential council, a ceasefire and the partial lifting of the…
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Main findingsCurrent Situation One-third of Jordanians think that the Kingdom is on the right track and 62 per cent think otherwise, a survey shows.The poll --which was conducted by the University of Jordan’s Centre for Strategic…
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Spike in attacks Poses Test for Israel’s Government. A Palestinian gunman killed at least three Israelis and wounded several others in a shooting on a bar in one of the city's busiest streets in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv.…
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In praise of Henry Kissinger’s Middle East legacy Few careers in American public life have been as long and consequential as Henry Kissinger’s. From his emergence as one of the first “defense intellectuals” of the Cold War, appearing on…
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Many people from the region took to the internet to show their support for Ukrainians fleeing. But, they also expressed bitterness at the treatment of Arab- and Muslimmigrants in Europe. On Saturday, the spectacle of a mass flight…
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