Graduate Fellow writes for Foreign Policy

Emily Whalen | Apr 10, 2017

She writes that “few have noticed Jordanian King Abdullah II’s hand in Trump’s most significant Middle East decisions to date, but the king’s influence is discernible in at least two major moments: the recent airstrikes on Syrian military targets and the Trump administration’s reversals on settlement policy in Israel.” However, Emily argues that this influence should raise concerns for Middle East experts. 

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