Major Non-NATO Ally Status for Jordan: National Security Or Peace Process Politics

Download or read book Major Non-NATO Ally Status for Jordan: National Security Or Peace Process Politics written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 25, 1996, the President directed the Secretary of State to notify Congress of his intent to designate the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan a "major non-NATO ally" of the United States, pursuant to Section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended At the same time, the President directed the Secretary of Defense to designate Jordan a major non-NATO ally pursuant to the authority contained in 10 U S C 2350a(2) Consequently, Jordan was designated a major non-NATO ally of the United States on November 12, 1996 3. This paper will examine the bureaucratic processes leading up to that designation and the roles played by the various policy actors These include the bureau of Near East Affairs in the Department of State the Office of International Security Affairs in the Department of Defense (which initially withheld its support for the designation), Congress, the Government of Israel and the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) At the end of the day, this designation had little or nothing to do with U S security interests and everything to do with peace process politics.