Jordanian Information Minister: The View from Amman

Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is a time of growing turbulence and demands for change in Jordan. The monarchy has responded with reforms to the country's political system, and has promised that there is more to come. Among the changes already introduced is the process of selecting the prime minister. The current prime minister, Abdullah Ensour, is first Jordanian prime minister to be chosen by elected lawmakers and not appointed by the king. He he has taken premiership of a country facing economic ...

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Information Minister on Challenges Facing Jordan

Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—As a neighbor to both Syria, a state engulfed in a civil war, and Israel and the occupied West Bank, the kingdom of Jordan is more subject than most to the pressures and strains of regional crises and conflicts, especially the massive influx of Syrian refugees into its territory. This is to say nothing of its own struggles with domestic instability, as Jordan's ruling Hashemite monarchy attempts to come to terms with economic problems, the events of the Arab Sprin...

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