“Jordan First”: Jordan's Inter-Arab Relations and Foreign Policy under King Abdullah II

Examines the Jordanian foreign policy under King Abdullah II particularly within inter-Arab and Middle East politics, as the regime has attempted to maneuver between domestic and regional challenges. Relation of Jordan with Syria and Iraq; Information on the Jordan's stabilized inter-Arab and regional relations against the context of renewed crises in the region, as the kingdom has been wedged between violence to the west, between Israelis and Palestinians; Discussion of the domestic implications of Jordan's regional position and its foreign policy choices.