Abstract
Jordan's King Abdullah is being put to the test. The effects of the second Palestinian intifada have spread beyond Israel: Jordan too has struggled to contain the political, security and economic ramifications of the ten months of violent protests. As a relatively small and weak state buffeted by regional powers, Jordan's prime objective must be to navigate the present crisis and hope that a stable cease–fire is followed by the resumption of Israeli–Palestinian peacemaking. Abdullah's nightmare is that violence will escalate to such a degree that Israel sends its forces back into the Palestinian governed areas of Gaza and the West Bank, increasing pressure on him to tear up Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. Even that, however, would not be as bad as things could get for the Kingdom.
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