ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the factors and policies that have enabled Jordan and Morocco monarchies to avoid praetorian rule. It focuses on the maintenance of civilian rule in Jordan since the Six-Day Arab-Israeli War of June 1967 and in Morocco since independence in 1956. There is little prospect in the coming years that the political parties will expand their present marginal role in the Moroccan political system. Many students of Jordanian politics would agree that the army is, without question, the most important institution in Jordan. Civilian rule in Jordan is exercised primarily through the power and authority of King Hussein. A number of potential problems could emerge to endanger civilian rule in Jordan. Civil-Military relations in Morocco reached a low point in the early 1970’s when two attempted coups nearly succeeded in installing praetorian rule. Morocco has a number of Islamic movements which seek the establishment of a truly Islamic society.
