This interesting article is published by Democracy Digest. Here is an excerpt:

Jordan is currently wrestling with a bold timeline of democratic reforms introduced by a royal commission in October 2021 and ratified by parliament in January, notes a new report from the Project on Middle East Democracy.* These changes could potentially transform the authoritarian kingdom into a constitutional monarchy over the next decade, and they represent the country’s most momentous reform program since martial law ended in 1989.

The changes could potentially transform Jordan into a constitutional monarchy within a decade, but they currently face two primary obstacles, authors Sean Yom and Wael Al-Khatib write:

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