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The old-age retirement age is one of the most sensitive and influential variables in ensuring the sustainability of social insurance systems, as it directly affects the balance between contribution periods and benefit periods, as well as the long-term relationship between insurance revenues and pension expenditures.
The policy of expanding early retirement in Jordan has become one of the most costly and impactful policies affecting the sustainability of the social security system, as it directly disrupts a fundamental equation upon which any sound insurance system is based (the length of contribution versus the length of benefit).
One does not need much imagination to realize that the world we have known over the past three decades will not return. Not merely because the “international balance” has changed, but because the very idea of order itself has changed, from a system that claimed the existence of shared rules, interests, and values, to a scene in which power imposes the rules and then changes them whenever it wishes.
Jordan’s social security system constitutes the backbone of the national social protection framework and a cornerstone of social, economic, and political stability. It provides individuals and families with protection against the risks of old age, disability, death, unemployment, work injuries, maternity, and other social contingencies.
Arab economies entered 2026 carrying a heavy legacy of chronic problems; weak growth, high unemployment, widening social inequality, and limited capacity to absorb shocks.
The year 2025 was not an ordinary year in global economic history. It marked a critical moment that showed how deep the crisis of the global economic system has become. Behind numbers were wars and geopolitical conflicts, declining trust, and a clear weakening of the ability of international institutions to protect people.
Over the past six years, the implementation of the U.S. “Caesar Act” has left severe social and economic impacts on Syrian society, as the sanctions went beyond their declared political objectives to affect the very fabric of Syrians’ daily lives. Despite the existence of humanitarian exemptions, these remained limited in effect, while the suffering of the Syrian people continued as a result of inflation, income collapse, and the deterioration of basic services.
The recent renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) for an additional three years by the UN General Assembly constitutes a revealing moment in the struggle over narrative, legitimacy, and international law itself. This decision, adopted by an overwhelming majority, goes far beyond being an administrative measure concerning a relief agency; at its core, it carries a renewed UN recognition that the Palestinian refugee issue remains unresolved, and that the crime upon which it was founded has not yet been closed.
The launch of the construction of the new “Amrah City”, after eight years of planning constitutes a strategic and pivotal step in Jordan’s development direction. It is not merely an urban expansion project; rather, it is a comprehensive national initiative designed to address long-standing development gaps and place Jordan on a more balanced and effective path.
At a pivotal moment reflecting profound transformations in the international order, the G20 Summit opened last Saturday in Johannesburg, South Africa, amid the absence of the United States following its decision to boycott the summit on the basis of unsubstantiated accusations against the South African government regarding alleged discrimination against white farmers.
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