Jordans drohende Krise: Der Krieg im Gaza ist zu einem existenziellen Risiko für das Königreich geworden
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/jordan/jordans-looming-crisis
Jordans drohende Krise: Der Krieg im Gaza ist zu einem existenziellen Risiko für das Königreich geworden
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/jordan/jordans-looming-crisis
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[SS from essay by Curtis R. Ryan, Professor of Political Science at Appalachian State University. He is the author of [*Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State*](https://www.amazon.com/Jordan-Arab-Uprisings-Survival-Politics/dp/0231186274/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528228764&sr=1-1&keywords=Jordan+and+the+Arab+Uprisings+-+Regime+Survival+and+Politics+Beyond+the+State).]
The return of Donald Trump to the White House has thrown the Middle East, already in upheaval since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, into further crisis. Within weeks of taking office, Trump attempted to shutter USAID and to freeze foreign aid to all recipients but Israel and Egypt. In a February meeting with King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan, Trump floated his plan to “clear out” Gaza, take U.S. ownership of the strip, and “resettle” the entire Gazan population in neighboring Arab countries. Abdullah, with the backing of Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates**,** immediately and emphatically shot down Trump’s proposal, defying Trump’s January assurance that Jordan was “going to do it” because the United States does “a lot for them.”
[Jordan](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/regions/jordan) has long weathered external and internal wars, waves of refugees, unstable neighbors, and profound economic downturns, but this latest crisis might be existential. The United States is Jordan’s closest ally, but the Jordanian government, the country’s political opposition, and civil society reacted to Trump’s resettlement plan in a rare and furious unison, decrying any forced transfer of Palestinians to Jordan. Jordan’s relationship with the United States, however, has complicated the situation. Amman is now faced with the impossible task of standing up to Washington even as it continues to depend on it.
“ It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal. “
Ringing truer every single day for those still plugged into Washington.
American Middle Eastern policy is decided on signal chats, the day of life changing descions are being made on the whims of a few boys who don’t even understand the consequences of their actions, or inactions in the case of wholesale approving the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
We are also trying to help stabilize Syria while Israeli incursions and air strikes are happening there everyday.
Current American policy in the Middle East is bound to fail disastersously for those who must rely on the U.S.
The Saudi’s were ahead of the curve on their Iran deal via China.
What’s US going to do when nobody complies? Trump has shown he’s weak and full of empty words, even against Iran.