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Jordan’s moderate and stability-prone political culture has helped it weather the political storms that have recently buffeted the Middle East. However, the risk of domestic instability within the country is greater now than at any time since the bloody 1970–71 period, or so this memorandum argues. It further argues that the US must take strong preventative action if this risk were to become unmanageable -- Amman's future 'dependability' in the region is that important.