Between Iraq and a hard place: Jordanian-Iraqi relations

Middle East Report

Volumn 30, Issue 215, 2000, Pages 40-42

  Ryan, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 27844607143     PISSN: 08992851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1520157     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. On the Iraqi revolution, see Marion Farouk-Sluglett and Peter Sluglett, Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship (London: I.E. Tauris, 1987);
2. King Hussein's autobiography. Uneasy Lies the Head: The Autobiography of His Majesty King Hussein I of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1962).
3. See Amatzia Baram, "Baathi Iraq and Hashimite Jordan: From Hostility to Alignment," Middle East Journal 45/1 (Winter 1991);
4. Baram, "No New Fertile Crescent: Iraqi-Jordanian Relations, 1968-92," in Jordan in the Middle East: The Making of a Pivotal State, 1948-1988, Joseph Nevo and Ilan Pappe, eds., (Ilford: Frank Cass, 1994).
5. On Jordanian-Iraqi relations, see also Laurie A. Brand, Jordan's Inter-Arab Relations: The Political Economy of Alliance Making (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994)
6. Marc Lynch, State Interests and Public Spheres: The International Politics of Jordan's Identity (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999), pp. 140-165, 231-254.
7. Alan R. Taylor, The Arab Balance of Power (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1982).
8. For details of Iraqi government donations, see Laurie A. Brand, "Economics and Shifting Alliances: Jordan's Relations with Syria and Iraq, 1975-81," International Journal of Middle East Studies 26/3 (1994): 407.
9. Economist Intelligence Unit, Jordan: Country Profile 1991, p. 28.
10. See also W. Andrew Terrill, "Saddam's Closest Ally: Jordan and the Gulf War," Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 9/2 (Winter 1985).
11. Baram, "Baathi Iraq and Hashimite Jordan," p. 67.
12. On the process of democratization, see Curtis Ryan, "Elections and Parliamentary Democratization in Jordan," Democratization 5/4 (Winter 1998).
13. On the connections between IMF austerity programs and political unrest in the kingdom, see Ryan, "Peace, Bread, and Riots: Jordan and the International Monetary Fund," Middle East Policy 6/2 (Fall 1998).
14. Andrew North, "Another Defection," Middle East International, March 29, 1996.
15. North, "Confusion on Iraq," MEI, March 15, 1996.
16. Sana Kamal, "Shubaylat Freed Again," MEI, November 22, 1996.
17. Deutsche Presse-Agentur, October 24, 1999.
18. "Jordan Identifies Arms Bound for Iraq as Russian," New York Times, December 9, 1995, p. 4.
19. See, Uli Schmetzer, "Iraq Allegedly Circumventing Blockade," Chicago Tribune, September 11, 1990;
20. Nick Williams, "Iraqi Trade Rolls Despite UN Embargo," Los Angeles Times, December 8, 1991;
21. "Arms to Iraq via Jordan," The Economist, May 7, 1994;
22. Barbara Crossette, "Iraq Has Network of Outside Help on Arms," New York Times, November 20, 1998;
23. "Middle East Smugglers," The Economist, April 3, 1999.
24. Hugh Dellios, "Iraqis Terrified in Jordan When Bribes Fail," Chicago Tribune, March 4, 1998.
25. To add to the symbolism, the final score of the gold medal soccer game was Jordan 7, Iraq 5. Deutsche Presse-Agentur, August 31, 1999.
26. Agence France Presse, January 31, 2000.