Jordanian Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12414636
AutoresCurtis R Ryan (0000-0003-1329-731X, Professor of political science at Appalachian State University and author of Jordan in Transition: From Hussein to Abdullah and Inter‐Arab Alliances: Regime Security and Jordanian Foreign Policy., autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen21
Número1
Páginas144-153
Fecha de publicación2014-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMiddle East Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1061-1924 • E-ISSN: 1475-4967
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/mepo.12064
OpenAlexW2026594507
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6

The Arab Spring may have begun in Tunisia in December 2010 with mass protests that ultimately toppled the regime of Zine El Abidin Ben Ali, but that same month, protesters also gathered in Amman's streets, demanding political change. The Jordanian demonstrations were never as large as those in Tunisia and were certainly not comparable to the mass protest rallies in Egypt's Tahrir Square. They also differed in focus, calling for reform but not for regime change or revolution. Initially, they demanded the ouster of the government of Prime Minister Samir Rifai, and succeeded. But even after the shift in royally appointed governments, protesters continued to gather almost every Friday for the next several years, calling for more reform within the Hashemite kingdom

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