From FPRI and The CATO Institute:
Foreign Policy/International Affairs
Jordan’s Protests: Arab Spring Lite?
by Samuel Helfont, Tally Helfont
Foreign Policy Research Institute
August 08, 2011
No Arab state has been able to ignore the sweeping changes of the Arab Spring. It has dominated the Arab language news and changed the perceptions of millions about what is politically possible. Yet in each society the demands for change have manifested differently. The prospect of Jordan’s protests turning into a real force for change remains real as long as the activists continue to be committed and the population’s demands for reform go unanswered. If the protests gain traction, another staunch American ally in the Middle East could come under severe pressure to change its stance toward the West, and toward Israel.
Foreign Policy/International Affairs
Jordan’s Protests: Arab Spring Lite?
by Samuel Helfont, Tally Helfont
Foreign Policy Research Institute
August 08, 2011
No Arab state has been able to ignore the sweeping changes of the Arab Spring. It has dominated the Arab language news and changed the perceptions of millions about what is politically possible. Yet in each society the demands for change have manifested differently. The prospect of Jordan’s protests turning into a real force for change remains real as long as the activists continue to be committed and the population’s demands for reform go unanswered. If the protests gain traction, another staunch American ally in the Middle East could come under severe pressure to change its stance toward the West, and toward Israel.
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