Protests in Jordan over gas deal with Israel expose wider rifts (Beverley Milton-Edwards, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/10/26/protests-in-jordan-over-gas-deal-with-israel-expose-wider-rifts/

Jordanians reject 'stolen gas' in Israel-Jordan deal (Zena Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

Jordanians voice concern over government economic threats and country's sovereignty in Israel gas deal.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/jordanians-reject-stolen-gas-israel-jordan-deal-161002131442112.html

Is Jordan’s Islamist phoenix rising again? (Beverley Milton-Edwards, Brookings)

Jordan’s parliamentary elections on September 20 heralded the return of the Muslim Brotherhood, having survived a major attempt by the Jordanian regime to dismantle and destroy it. After such weakening and a decade-long electoral boycott, the group’s political party—the Islamic Action Front (IAF)—did well to contest seats throughout the country, but this time only as part of a wider coalition. The coalition claimed an estimated 16 of 130 seats in parliament

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/09/29/is-jordans-islamist-phoenix-rising-again/

Jordan university students vow to continue protests (Bethan Staton, Al Jazeera)

Students at the University of Jordan say they will continue their round-the-clock, sit-in protest after the school's administration failed to meet all of their demands.

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Guest Post: Mounting Pressure Threatens Stability in Jordan (Tina Huang, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/03/24/guest-post-mounting-pressure-threatens-stability-in-jordan/

Growing Stress on Jordan (Robert Satloff, David Schenker, CFR)

In 2013, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Contingency Planning Memorandum "Political Instability in Jordan" warned that the biggest threat to the stability of the Hashemite Kingdom stemmed from local grievances eroding the regime's core tribal base of support. Although economic privation, the slow pace of reform, and a widespread perception of corruption remain significant sources of popular frustration in Jordan, the palace has since vitiated its most potent tribal and Islamist domestic political opposition, the Muslim Brotherhood. But as the risk of domestic unrest has diminished, the potential for spillover from the Syrian conflict has grown, posing an increasing threat to Jordan.

http://www.cfr.org/jordan/growing-stress-jordan/p37635

When will Jordan get the boost it needs for refugees? (Raed Omari, Al Arabiya)

Jordanian officials’ weariness and dismay over what they always describe as the world’s “forsakenness” of their resource-poor country in the face of the Syrian refugee crisis have been unmistakably replaced by expressions of relief and easiness following the recently concluded Syria Donors Conference in London.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/02/17/Is-refugee-plagued-Jordan-relieved-following-London-conference-.html