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Every year, as the results of the General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) are announced and preparations for university admissions begin, the same question arises for tens of thousands of young men and women and their families: Which major should we choose? Today, however, this question has become increasingly complicated.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer simply a rapidly advancing technology. It has become one of the world’s major arenas of economic and political competition, reshaping the global balance and distribution of power. Hundreds of billions of dollars are flowing into semiconductors, data centers, energy, computing infrastructure, and advanced AI models, in a race led primarily by the United States and China, and to a lesser extent Western Europe.
The government deserves credit for its prudent decision to freeze fuel prices during August, despite rising global oil prices and the likelihood of further increases amid escalating security tensions in the region, growing uncertainty, and heightened market volatility. The decision is particularly significant for Jordan, which imports most of its oil and petroleum-product needs, leaving it highly vulnerable to fluctuations in global prices and disruptions in supply.
For nearly three decades, the Jordanian government has not submitted a new periodic report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, even though Jordan is a State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and its next periodic report has been overdue for many years.
Successive disruptions in energy markets and maritime routes reveal that the world is undergoing a structural shift in the way energy security is managed. The model that prevailed over recent decades built on abundant supplies, the smooth flow of international trade, and reliance on spot markets to address temporary shortages is no longer suited to an environment increasingly shaped by wars, sanctions, supply-chain disruptions, and rising shipping and insurance costs.
It is no longer possible to view the disruptions affecting the global economy as temporary shocks that can be contained through conventional monetary and fiscal tools, the world appears to be entering a new phase of interlocking crises, in which wars overlap with energy-market disruptions, rising economic protectionism, and intensifying technological competition among the major powers.
Economic growth has long been, and continues to be, the subject of extensive debate among economists worldwide, not only about its importance, but also its limitations as a measure of economic performance and the success of public policies.
Analytical contributions that examine social transformations and movements in the Arab region become particularly valuable when they do not merely describe major events from the outside, but instead seek to penetrate their deeper social structures.
The 2025 Arab Watch Report on Economic and Social Rights, dedicated to the right to water and climate change and launched by the Arab NGO Network for Development in Amman earlier this week, revealed alarming challenges facing tens of millions of Arab citizens in exercising their basic right to access safe drinking water and adequate sanitation services.
The reputation of states is much like the reputation of individuals; it is built over time and affects opportunities for success and trust-building. As is well known, Jordan’s international reputation is one of the country’s sources of strength, reflecting stability, moderation, openness, and the ability to build partnerships. Therefore, the challenges highlighted in some international reports should not be treated as condemnation, but rather as opportunities to improve policies, especially when solutions are possible through simple and low-cost reforms.
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