BASIC COMPONENTS OF JORDAN’S FOREIGN POLICY: UNCERTAINTY PROBLEM AND THREAT PERCEPTION
ÜRDÜN DIŞ POLİTİKASININ TEMEL BİLEŞENLERİ: BELİRSİZLİK SORUNU VE TEHDİT ALGILAMASI

Author : Zafer AKBAŞ
Number of pages : 439-459

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to reveal the basic constitutives of Jordan’s foreign policy and the weak sides of these. To reach this purpose, the basic characteristics of the regime and the internal and external conditions it is in are studied. Also, within the study, the foreign aids, opposition movements, nuclear energy works, The Middle East peace process, economic elements which shape Jordan’s foreign policy were examined and that these components are uncertainty and threat element for the future of Jordan is emphasised. Against the regional importance of Jordan, in the study that it was mentioned to be supported with financial and political and military means by the regional and exterritorial actors, notably USA, it is told that the nation needs to complete the building process in order to provide the existance and stability of the regime that was built factitiously. In this context, it is pointed out that to conclude by maintaining the economic and political reform attempts urgently and decidedly is an obligation, otherwise it is evaluated that the stability of the regime and future of the country wouldn’t be safe.

Keywords

Jordan, USA, Palestine, Arab Spring, Foreign Policy

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