Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index.
Contents
Regime security, alliances, and inter-Arab politics -- Security dilemmas in Arab politics -- Ideology and political economy in inter-Arab alliances -- The case studies and Jordanian policy in context -- Jordan and the October War coalition -- The Jordanian alliance with Syria -- The Jordanian alliance with Iraq -- Jordan and the Arab Cooperation Council -- Jordan and the first U.S.-Iraq War -- Beyond Arab alliances? : Jordan's peace with Israel -- Ending the Jordanian-Syrian Cold War -- Jordan and the second U.S.-Iraq War -- Regime security and shifting Arab alliances.
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Summary
Ryan examines the remarkably stable Jordan as a microcosm of the region's politics, and traces the last four decades of Jordanian foreign policy in an attempt to better understand what seems like chaos.