It was a mix of smart and luck that helped Jordan to navigate through strong turbulences over the past few months and during unprecedented events that destabilized the region.

 

Smartness by leadership that joined forces of other Arab States in the Middle East to practice a successful strategy based on self-distancing themselves from any direct clash with Iran. Meanwhile, it activated its diplomatic turbines to overcome this period with minimal losses.

 

Luck! Yes, it was luck, as no major incident was reported throughout this period in the country due to the fight between US, Israel and Iran. We didn’t receive a painful hit that put us in front of tough choices. We were lucky, thanks to strong air defense set up that prevented such incidents.

 

However, after the e-signing of the deal between US and Iran, where are we now? and what we are going to do to protect our country and people from such events in the future? as I see they are certainly coming, perhaps sooner than we anticipate.

 

Realism tells us we must look for best options to advance our defenses, through diversified strong coalitions and best of all weapons and training for our military. Also, the country must work harder to ensure a stronger solidarity among its people, this last factor needs a lot of work and efforts, giving that we in Jordan have a diversified spectrum of social differences and origins. “We are all Jordan” is the new phase for the efforts in this direction, with disregard to the divisions we might have among our societies.

 

After all, we had been through so many challenges and events, but they all finished and we remained together in this land.

 

Economic and political modernization programs must succeed, and here comes the role of our executive body. The Government - Prime Minister and his team must perform better always, with no room for failure or hesitation. In short, the government must play significant roles in the formulation of our future from political, social and economic perspectives. It must get out of its current silence and touch on the taboos.

 

The King should remain the guardian of all State bodies, he is the symbol of our country’s strength and power, he is the base of our people’s unity and solidarity. He initiates the good, and the government must materialize it. The King is the past, the present and the future of our country, and the government must act as a government, not only as a service provider.

 

Government must create jobs, enhance public services, pursue citizens satisfaction in all their needs. It must improve education, health, transportation ..etc. It must plan for the country to give the people hope. We do not have room for more reliance on others, we must think of getting up from our long sleep to rely on ourselves.

 

War in this fragile region will erupt again, as long as, we have the nasty and extremist neighbors next to us. So be ready for the coming War, this is not the end.