The combination of political and economic problems that Jordan faces today is without precedent, and the worn tools used to overcome these problems in the past are now inadequate.
That Jordan teeters on the edge of crisis is a cliché decades old. Yet the combination of political and economic problems the country faces today is without precedent, and the worn tools used to overcome these problems in the past are now inadequate.
Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discusses whether Iran is likely to accept a revived nuclear deal.

In an interview, Jennifer Kavanagh and Frederic Wehrey discuss the implications of Russia’s declining arms exports to the Middle East.
Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, talks about the likelihood of reviving the Iran nuclear deal and what it means for Americans detained there.
Saied has taken many pages from the dictator’s playbook to roll back a decade’s democratic progress in one year.
Tensions are once again high in Israel, 49 Palestinians have been killed as a result of the latest military escalation in the occupied territories.
This shakeup will create opportunities and risks for the United States, both of which will necessitate a measured response. Just because there might be new demands for weapons in the Middle East doesn’t mean that Washington should meet them.
If the four-decade history of the Islamic Republic is any guide, Mr. Khamenei may be unwilling or incapable of marshaling an internal consensus to revive the nuclear deal with the United States unless he feels regime solidarity is faltering, and societal exhaustion is beginning to fuel a new generation of power seekers.
The country of Tunisia is in the midst of a slow motion political crisis. The country's populist president has crafted a new constitution that gives him broad, unchecked powers and secured its approval by referendum, albeit a referendum in which most Tunisians did not participate.