Middle East Why the Pandora Papers may hurt King Abdullah most of all Jordanians are living in desperate straits, depending on huge sums of foreign aid. So evidence of his high living isn't going over well.Annelle ShelineOctober 05, 2021
Middle East Jordanian King seeks, finds renewed ally in Biden visit He needs all the friends he can get, with restiveness in the palace and on the Jordanian street, and a greater power struggle in the Middle East.Bruce RiedelJuly 20, 2021
Middle East Jordan’s detention of ‘coup plotters’ is really a crackdown on dissent Abdullah is trying to silence his half-brother Prince Hamzah, while the US is bent on supporting the anti-democratic regime.Annelle ShelineApril 05, 2021