Is Jordan’s stability indispensable?
Dr. Joshua Krasna: A stable Jordan prevents the establishment of a hostile regime or the spread of chaos on Israel’s longest border.
Israel’s regional standing and challenges.
Dr. Joshua Krasna, interviewed
Trump administration’s Mideast proposal receives subtle support from Muslim nations.
Dr. Joshua Krasna: Bahrain’s support for the plan is a “trial balloon” for the Saudis.
Trilateral cooperation among Israel, Greece and Cyprus to build a natural gas subsea pipeline is setting the stage for more tensions with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Israel needs to make clear to Washington the harm done in the region, and the potential for more harm, by the perception of American policy disarray, weakness and withdrawal.
Israel – Jordan: Diplomacy & Security.
Dr. Joshua Krasna: The security and stability of Jordan is always a question, but the King is in control.
Jordan and other conservative Arab states are struggling with a difficult superpower ally and facing threats of regional escalation.
25th anniversary of the Israel-Jordan peace treaty.
Dr. Josh Krasna discusses the state of Israeli-Jordanian relations, the future of the peace treaty, and the role of the Trump administration.
It is a crucial accord, but needs attention and maintenance.
Twenty-five years after the signing of the Jordan-Israel peace treaty, the bilateral relationship is in a challenging phase, but nothing should obscure the crucial benefits strategic and security cooperation affords to both sides, and the centrality of the relations to each side’s national security.
Jordan’s King Abdullah seeks regional prestige and standing … at Israel’s expense.
Dr. Joshua Krasna: It is difficult to see the benefits of giving an important role on the Temple Mount to the Saudis, a fundamentalist Sunni regime which has actively supported radical Salafi movements in the recent past and whose friendship with Israel is new and, unlike our relationship with Jordan, hardly tested.
Egypt may be beginning to emerge from its self-imposed strategic seclusion.
