I was intrigued by the relative stability of authoritarian rule in Jordan, and that the country was also one of the highest recipients of US and European “democracy promotion” funding worldwide. This prompted me to question what all those “democracy promoters” ..
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Confronting Authoritarianism vs. Disciplining Democracy: The Recent Protests in Jordan and US Attempts at Democracy Promotion
Jordan currently ranks among the highest recipients of US foreign aid worldwide, both in absolute terms and particularly so on a per capita basis. Besides military and economic support, Jordan has over the past years also been the target of..