{"id":36743,"date":"2015-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brookings.alley.test\/research\/fortress-jordan-putting-the-money-to-work\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T13:26:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T13:26:03","slug":"fortress-jordan-putting-the-money-to-work","status":"publish","type":"research","link":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/research\/fortress-jordan-putting-the-money-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortress Jordan: Putting the Money to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since September of 2014, Jordan has joined other Western and Arab coalition partners in striking Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria, with the country\u2019s King Abdullah framing the war against IS as a \u201cthird world war.\u201d How have conflicts on Jordan\u2019s borders and now the country\u2019s direct intervention strained the country\u2019s resources? How have the country\u2019s leaders presented their participation at home and abroad?
\nIn a timely Policy Briefing based on field research, Sultan Barakat and Andrew Leber assess Jordan\u2019s vulnerabilities to regional conflicts and domestic pressures. Despite broad public support for action against IS, they note a growing gap between state and society only exacerbated by adverse events such as the capture and uncertain fate of a downed Jordanian pilot.<\/p>\n


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Ultimately, Barakat and Leber note Jordan\u2019s strategic importance to its allies but caution against it playing a front-line combat role. The authors contend that reducing threats to Jordanian stability lies not in \u201ctaking the fight to IS\u201d abroad, but in strengthening Jordanian society at home.
\nWhile calling for improved governance in the Kingdom, the authors note reluctance on the part of Jordan\u2019s ruling elites and their allies to promote full-scale political reforms. Barakat and Leber contend that they should therefore channel their fears about regional instability and extremism into productive action on Jordan\u2019s economy. This will entail restructuring aid flows to the country toward productive investment, selectively incorporating Syrian refugees into the workforce, and putting forward a credible vision for the country\u2019s economic future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":464506,"template":"","class_list":["post-36743","research","type-research","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research\/36743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/research"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}