Jordan

Jordan’s King Abdullah is facing new risks—from his own friends

Bruce Riedel

Friday, June 14, 2019

Students raise their hands as they attend class and eat a meal distributed as part of a World Food Programme (WFP)-run project to provide healthy meals to students and to raise awareness of good eating habits, at Hofa Al-Mazar school in the city of Irbid, Jordan, April 26, 2016. REUTERS/ Muhammad Hamed - GF10000396485

Preparing youth for the future of work: What can we learn from Jordan?

Patrick Hannahan and Jenny Perlman Robinson

Friday, May 24, 2019

PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (L), as U.S. President Bill Clinton stands between them, after the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord, at the White House in Washington September 13, 1993. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E99D1UCD01

The Oslo Accords at 25: The view from Jordan

Bruce Riedel

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

A Jordanian employee paints a handcrafted salver at a Beit al Bawadi ceramics workshop in Amman January 7, 2014. The Beit al Bawadi ceramic workshop was set up by non-profit organisation Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) to provide employment opportunities for Jordanian youths. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA1800K501

Female labor force participation is about more than economics

Mayyada Abu Jaber

Thursday, July 26, 2018

People chant slogans holding Jordanian and Palestenian flags during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Amman, Jordan December 29, 2017. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC1BE5E49760

Saudi Arabia bails out Jordan

Bruce Riedel

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Syrian refugee women carry their babies as they walk through Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria March 8, 2016. Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, 50-80 Syrian children have been born in the Zaatari refugee camp each week, according to the official website of UNHCR. REUTERS/ Muhammad Hamed SEARCH "HAMED BORN" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - GF10000340750

Can justice make poor women less vulnerable?

Paul Prettitore

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

President Trump generally isn’t one to reward his critics. But Jordan is vital to our counterterrorism efforts in the region. Thankfully, President Trump has recognized that now is not the time to play petty politics.

Chris Meserole Newsweek Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Jordanian policemen stand guard during a rally to support security services after shooting at Karak castle, in Amman, Jordan, December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Grappling with Islamism: Assessing Jordan’s evolving approach

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Saturday, September 30, 2017

A Jordanian labourer works at a car filter plant in the Jordan Gateway Industrial Park, a free trade zone straddling the Israel-Jordan border, south of the Sheikh Hussein Bridge, January 29, 2014. Three years after Syria plunged into violence, Israel is reaping an unlikely economic benefit. Exports from Turkey have begun to flow through Israel and across the Sheikh Hussein Bridge to Jordan and a few Arab neighbours. The trade is growing enough to encourage long-held Israeli hopes that the Jewish state can become a commercial gateway to the Arab world. Picture taken January 29, 2014. To match Insight ISRAEL-TRADE/ REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JORDAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - GM1EA7116QW01

Time to stop ignoring cultural barriers to female employment in the MENA region

Mayyada Abu Jaber

Monday, September 11, 2017

Syrian refugees walk towards Greece's border with Macedonia, moments before crossing near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 9, 2015. Most of the people flooding into Europe are refugees fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries who have a legal right to seek asylum, the United Nations said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - LR2EB990PK4Y3

Syrian refugees and the slow march to “acceptance”

Omer Karasapan

Thursday, September 7, 2017

A convoy of Israeli tanks rolls towards the front during the 1967 Middle East War

Podcast: The 1967 War

Khaled Elgindy, Shadi Hamid, Martin S. Indyk, Natan Sachs, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Fred Dews

Friday, June 2, 2017

Jordanian protesters hold up pictures of Jordan's King Abdullah with national flags and chant slogans during a rally to support security services after shooting at Karak castle, in Amman, Jordan, December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RTX2WAJG

Jordan’s troubles in its own backyard

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Protesters from the Islamic Action Front, carry pictures of the deputy overall leader of Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Zaki Bani Rsheid during a demonstration to show their solidarity with Palestinians and anger at the political arrest, after the Friday prayer in Amman November 28, 2014. Rsheid was arrested by the Jordanian authorities last week after he criticized the United Arab Emirates for issuing a list of Islamist organization it considered terrorist groups according to local media.

More than just the Muslim Brotherhood: The Problem of Hamas and Jordan’s Islamic Movement

Nael Masalha and Shadi Hamid

Monday, February 6, 2017

Canada's Supreme Court Justices take part in an official welcome ceremony at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 2, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie - RTSUEUS

Poor people and the law

Paul Prettitore

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Jordanian protesters take part in a march against a government agreement to import natural gas from Israel, in Amman March 6, 2015. The placards read "The enemy's gas is occupation" (R) and "No to the Zionist gas deal" (2nd L). REUTERS/Majd Jaber (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS ENERGY) - RTR4SBEK

Protests in Jordan over gas deal with Israel expose wider rifts

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Protesters from the Islamic Action Front carry banners and flags as they take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinians and against the violence that occurred at al-Aqsa Mosque, after Friday prayers in Amman, Jordan July 31, 2015. Masked rock-throwing Palestinians and Israeli police using stun grenades clashed on Sunday at al-Aqsa mosque plaza, on the annual Jewish day of mourning for Jerusalem's two destroyed Biblical temples. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Is Jordan’s Islamist phoenix rising again?

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Thursday, September 29, 2016

WATCH: Deema Bibi discusses how INJAZ partners with the private sector to help bridge the skills gap for Jordanian youth

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Priyanka Varma

Thursday, June 2, 2016

The Urgent Need to Protect and Rebuild Arab Higher Education

Sultan Barakat and Sansom Milton

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Not likely to go home: Syrian refugees and the challenges to Turkey—and the international community

Elizabeth Ferris and Kemal Kirişci

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Getting millions to learn: INJAZ works for greater youth employability in Jordan

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Mayyada Abu Jaber

Friday, July 10, 2015