For a long time, Jordan has been read through its geography, and how could it not be, situated as it is in the heart of a turbulent, inflamed region, making it interact directly with crises and transformations in surrounding countries. However, this reading—despite its importance—is no longer sufficient to understand the nature of the repercussions affecting it. In this context lies the importance of the concept of connectography, which depicts the world as a network of flows and links encompassing trade, energy, transport, security, investment, and others, rather than merely a collection of states and borders. In other words, the problem no longer lies in Jordan residing in the neighborhood of crises, but rather in the fact that crises have become capable of reaching it even if they do not occur in its immediate vicinity.
The effects of the crisis in Syria were not confined within Syria, but extended to Jordan; nor did Iraq keep the consequences of its crises within its borders. Furthermore, the Palestinian cause cannot be viewed by Jordan merely as a crisis happening in the western neighborhood. Here, geography, history, security, and the social fabric intertwine in a way that connects it directly to Jordan's political and security calculations, rather than just being repercussions imported from the neighborhood. Moreover, the scene of interaction with what is happening in Iran provides the clearest picture of repercussions transcending geographical borders through various paths. Jordan found itself facing a conflict that is not fought on its land, and which it does not wish to be a party to in the first place, yet it was not immune to its consequences—whether through the violation of its airspace by Iranian missiles threatening its security and infringing upon its sovereignty, or through the repercussions dictated by the aggravated situation in the Strait of Hormuz on maritime navigation in Aqaba, and the resulting impacts on trade, supply chains, tourism, aviation, and the investment climate. Consequently, examples from Syria, Iraq, and Palestine to Iran indicate that the impact of geography in the Jordanian case is not limited to the borders of neighboring countries; distance does not prevent the transmission of repercussions. Some crises pierce into the Jordanian depth by virtue of geographical proximity, while other crises breach distances so that their effects reach Jordan through the security, political, and economic links connecting it to its broader environment.