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[ELI5] How did Jordan maintain relative stability during and after the Arab Spring, and how is Jordan still maintaining the relative stability with the state the Middle East is in right now?
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Despite being a monarchy, Jordan is actually one of the better countries in the region when it comes to democracy and human rights. The king is popular and doesn't rule as a dictator.

The religious demographics also help. Jordan is 92% Sunni Muslim and allows a decent amount of religious freedoms for the rest (mostly Christians). Iraq and Syria are partially in the mess they're in because their Shia governments were unpopular among their Sunni populations, which lead to support for ISIL.

Also, they have no oil to fight over. There's the conspiracy-theory view that that means nobody is interested in toppling their government.