Failure of Jordanian reform offers roadmap for Arab leaders

May 16, 2011

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King Abdullah II of Jordan. (File photo)

By JAMES M. DORSEY
AL ARABIYA

A look at a decade of failed reform in Jordan goes a far way to explain the mass anti-government protests sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. It offers a roadmap to Arab nations seeking to accommodate demands for greater political freedoms and improved economic opportunity.

If Jor…

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