“Crossing the Jordan: A Study of Israel-Jordan Cross-border Relations since the 1994 Peace Treaty"
Tamar Arieli
Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professor
Friday, November 12
12:00 noon
Distinguished Alumni Room, IMU
The Israeli-Jordanian border is a unique case study of developing cross-border dynamics. The relations between the two countries are overshadowed by ongoing regional conflict and they are characterized by both asymmetric economic relations and significant social and cultural differences. Yet since the signing of the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty in 1994 ending nearly fifty years of hostilities, these two countries of significantly different economic performance and social structure have moved forward to cooperate on a wide range of issues, including framework agreements on telecommunications, transport, water resource management, banking, currency, environment, agriculture, tourism and education. Many of these agreements are based on realizing the potential of the shared border.
This study examines the simultaneous and contradicting "top down" and "bottom up" efforts to both enforce the border as a barrier, and to cross it, in the wake of the Israeli-Jordanian peace agreement of 1994, despite and in light of these tensions.
Participants are asked to read a copy of Professor Arieli’s paper prior to the workshop. Lunch is provided free at the workshop. No reservation is necessary.
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