Jordan’s energy diplomacy: The power of being in between

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It does, however, possess another asset that is becoming increasingly valuable on the Middle East’s energy map: location.

Jordan’s 2025–2035 Energy Strategy, approved by the government on 3rd May 2026, is built around this reality.

Its logic is simple but strategic: if a country cannot become a major energy producer, it can use geography, diversification and interconnection to reduce vulnerability and expand its room for manoeuvre.This is the power of being in between.

Jordan sits at the intersection of the Levant, Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula and the eastern Mediterranean.

Geography alone does not generate power.

But when electricity grids, pipelines and energy infrastructure connect across borders, location […]