who have large oil wealth, were able to provide patronage of various kinds, particularly in the gulf, have all survived. >> well, i think you have to take a step back and look at history how the middle east was divided up. this is one of the problems we face in political reforms in jordan. we're still living in the shadows of the cold war. during the cold war, it was more sort of the monarchy that were like the west and the republics that were aligned to the soviet union. and so maybe you have seen the reaction more in the republics than you have in sort of the countries that are either emirates or monarchies. but this is what makes the transition. to political form more difficult. in any country, 90% of the people are averse to being aligned to political parties. although we had this wonderful parliament outcome of 56% plus way beyond, i think, anybody's expectations. the challenge now and i see in jordan, specifically, the hard work for us is actually creating