Jordan - Case Study of a Pivotal State

Jordan is the geopolitical pivot of the Arab world.  Political winds and demographic changes cause it to tip – but, so far, not to overturn.  Asher Susser analyzes Jordan’s relations with the Arab world, the Gulf states, the West, and Israel, from Jordan’s creation in 1921 under Abdallah I throught he reign and death of King Hussein and the transition to his son, Abdallah II.