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Middle East Leaders Contend with Strains in an Evolving Regional Entente
May 13, 2022In its unfolding bid to expand ties with Middle East governments, Israel must grapple with a basic challenge: how to ensure that events in the Palestinian-Isra…
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Royal Rifts and Other Challenges in Jordan
Apr 14, 2022Jordan’s former crown prince, Hamza bin Al Hussein, posted a rare message on social media in early April 2022, announcing that he was relinquishing his royal t…
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The “Jordan Is Palestine” Idea Resurfaces Again
Nov 11, 2021Relations between Jordan and Palestine have evolved through a series of changes and challenges that continue over the years. While Palestine before 1948 used t…
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A New Cycle of Reform in Jordan
Oct 21, 2021Jordan’s latest reform committee completed its work this month on modernizing the Jordanian political system. As with the many earlier reform committees and ca…
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Jordan: Uptick in Diplomacy amid Pandora Papers Revelations
Oct 20, 2021Revelations in the so-called Pandora Papers about King Abdullah II’s substantial real estate acquisitions of luxury homes in the United States and United Kingd…
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Jordan’s Decade-long Path to Democracy Might Have Just Begun
Sep 3, 2021In June, Jordan’s King Abdullah II appointed a 92-member commission, headed by former Prime Minister Samir Rifai, and charged it with creating a plan to modern…
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King Abdullah Visits Washington amid Jordan’s Woes
Jul 14, 2021King Abdullah II’s upcoming meetings with President Joe Biden on July 19, and subsequently with leading members of Congress, come at a time when the Hashemite …
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Family Matters: Plots and Accusations in Jordan’s Hashemite Monarchy
Apr 8, 2021Jordan’s carefully crafted international image was jolted recently when news broke of multiple arrests, the alleged detention of a Hashemite prince, and announ…
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Jordan’s Monarchy Reclaims Regional Role under Biden
Mar 25, 2021To describe the last four years as challenging ones for US-Jordanian relations would be an understatement. President Donald Trump’s absolute support for Israel…
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Will Biden Help to Restore Jordan’s Position in the Middle East?
Dec 8, 2020Jordan’s relations with the United States are almost as old as the kingdom itself, with the country enjoying a generally strengthening relationship over the ye…
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Egypt-Iraq-Jordan Alliance Tries to Change Middle East Dynamics
Sep 16, 2020On August 25, 2020, the leaders of Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan met in Amman for the third in a succession of meetings marking ever-closer relations between the thr…
