A report released by the University of Pennsylvania has recently ranked the University of Jordan’s (UJ) Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) as Middle East and North Africa Center of Excellence.
 
The report, which analyses 8,248 centres from around the world and has been released annually since 2007, also placed the CSS at number 131 internationally among non-US think tanks.
 
CSS was also ranked among the top 100 non-US centres in the field of defence and national security, and among the top 50 in the field of foreign policy and international relations.
 
The report reflects the growing importance of thought and study centres which work on bridging the gap between knowledge and public policy, adding that Arab centres are continuing to improve and achieve prominence on the list, despite modest international rankings.