Jordan is one of the few authoritarian Arab regimes that survived region-wide mass protests during the Arab Spring, although the monarchy lacked enough force or resources to neutralize the dissident. This study analyzes the source of the resiliency of the Hashemite monarchy during 2011–2020 concerning regime security. The retreat of the Jordanian democratization movements in the early phase of the Arab Spring was the consequence of the opposition’s failure to achieve coordination and alignment, particularly the internal struggle of the Muslim Brotherhood regarding how to respond and its successful co-optation by the government. The scope of regime security in Jordan experienced a dramatic shift from appeasement to coercion around 2014 because of the eroding social order in neighboring states, represented by the influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq. Actions for securitization against Islamists, namely increased policing and tighter border control, were arranged through coercion and securing mass support in tandem. Jordan’s experience illustrates how this typically “weak state” secured its survival in this unprecedented, rapidly changing security situation.

约旦是在阿拉伯之春期间幸存下来的全区域大规模抗议活动中为数不多的阿拉伯专制政权之一，尽管君主制缺乏足够的力量或资源来中和异议人士。这项研究分析了2011年至2020年哈希姆君主制在政权安全方面的复原力来源。阿拉伯之春初期约旦民主运动的后退是反对派未能实现协调与统一的结果，特别是穆斯林兄弟会在如何应对和政府的成功选择方面的内部斗争。由于邻国社会秩序的侵蚀，约旦政权的安全范围在2014年左右从from靖转向了胁迫，以叙利亚难民涌入约旦和伊拉克伊斯兰国的崛起为代表。通过强制执行和确保大规模支持的方式，安排了针对伊斯兰主义者的证券化行动，即加强警务和加强边境控制。约旦的经验表明，在这种前所未有的，快速变化的安全形势下，这种通常的“弱国”如何确保其生存。