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Significance
This announcement, designed to divert rising public anger over economic failures and political authoritarianism, was overshadowed by new revelations from the ‘Pandora Papers’, which headlined Abdullah’s large-scale purchases of luxury properties abroad.
Impacts
A mixture of reform promises and repression of the most vocal dissenters will enable the monarchy to manage future protest waves.
To battle economic challenges, the government will lean heavily upon aid from Western and Arab allies.
Amman will divert focus to foreign policy goals, notably normalisation with Syria and the Palestinian two-state solution.
Keywords:
Jordan,
ME/NAF,
economy,
politics,
social,
corruption,
election,
government,
opposition,
party,
protest,
reform
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