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- Abdali Mall Recruitment and Training Canter, 54
- Al Bashiti, Razan, 105
- Alliance for International Youth Development, 24, 28
- Al Maktoum, Mohammed Ben Rashed, 66, 82, 81–85, 95, 104–106
- Al-Maktoum Knowledge Foundation
- creation of, 90–91
- funding of, 82–89
- Al Muntafiq, Saeed, 69, 83, 90
- American Enterprise Institute, 24, 27
- American Federation of Teachers, 30
- American University of Beirut, 2, 89, 141
- Amman
- East Amman, 50, 56–57, 61, 64
- history of, 51–56
- social and physical geography of, 54–56
- West Amman, 50, 56–57, 62–65, 76–78, 142
- Amman hotel bombings, 67, 68
- Amman Message, 53, 54
- Amman Youth Declaration, 79, 80
- anti-American opinion, 75, 111
- Appadurai, Arjun, 84, 125–127
- Aqaba Special Economic Zone, 60
- Arab Civitas, 26, 31, 49, 60, 63
- Arab Human Development Report, 45, 46, 106
- Arabization, 14, 74–75
- Arab Knowledge Index, 108
- Arab Knowledge Reports, 106, 107, 109, 110
- Arab League, 2
- Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation, 67
- Arab Spring uprisings, 1–2, 11, 15, 35, 37, 75, 134–139
- Arab Youth Center, 84
- Aramex, 59, 89
- Canadian International Development Agency, 57
- Cato Institute, 24, 28
- Center for Civic Education, 30, 49, 60
- Center for Economic and Public Research, 24
- Center for Islam and Democracy, 47
- CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 18, 29, 36
- Cold War, 13, 30, 31, 52, 117, 118, 141
- cultural diplomacy, 111, 114, 118–128, 143
- cultural globalization, 50, 113–114, 125–132
- cultural imperialism, 6–15, 31, 75, 111–128, 143
- Economic Consultative Council, 65
- Education for Employment Foundation
- creation of, 16–18
- expansion of, 99
- funding of, 36, 37, 100, 101
- in Dubai, 88–91, 101–103
- in Jordan, 49, 51, 54, 60–62, 66, 69–70, 72–80, 88
- mission of, 29, 80
- ties with U.S. government, 28–35
- Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy, 56–57, 73
- Egypt, 13, 25–31, 43, 54, 80–89, 97, 111, 134–136, 140–141
- El Saheb, Khaled, 76, 88, 95–98
- Emiratization, 87–88, 92–93
- enterprise education, 17, 18, 19, 57, 96
- EQUIP 123, 32, 57
- extremism, 2–4, 17, 37, 46, 61, 79
- Gates Foundation, 61
- gateway cities, 5, 50–55, 79, 82–84, 105
- generation, 2, 5, 27–39, 51, 65–66, 77–79, 106–109, 113, 131, 145
- Ghandour, Fadi, 59, 75–78, 80
- global capitalism, 3–14, 19, 103, 112–114, 129–131, 142
- global capitalist economy, 3, 7, 12–15, 20–24, 129, 133
- global capitalist hegemony, 112–113
- global cities, 7, 13, 15, 19–29, 51, 52, 84–85, 113, 143
- global city networks, 5, 51, 84, 111–113, 128–139, 143
- global dissemination of ideas, 13, 21, 50, 100, 103
- global financial crisis, 2, 6, 11
- Global Forum on Youth, Peace and Security, 79
- global ideas, 5, 6, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 47, 84–85, 111–113, 139–143
- global ideas cities, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 47
- global political cities, 15.20–21
- global spread of ideas, 4–8, 14–19, 115–119, 125–127, 142–143
- global youth development complex, 4–15, 19, 23–51, 56, 62–63, 72, 78–79, 82–98, 100–110, 133–143
- governmental NGOs, 98
- Greater Middle East Plan, 45
- gulf states, 9–10, 50–55, 84–90, 98, 101, 105–107
- incubator cities, 13–14, 48, 51, 82, 84
- Injaz
- expansion of, 78–80, 82–83
- history of, 48, 51, 57–58
- private sector partnerships, 88, 100–102
- Injaz Bahrain, 45, 80, 95
- Injaz el Arab, 11, 12, 18, 47, 74, 81, 138
- Injaz Jordan, 45, 58, 59, 74, 77, 80
- Injaz UAE, 87, 105, 106
- Intel Corporation, 96
- International Monetary Fund, 21, 101
- international NGOs, 48–51, 57
- International Republican Institute, 28
- International Youth Foundation, 40, 61, 63, 107
- Internet City, 83–84, 89, 91, 93
- Iraq, 30–31, 41, 48–54, 75–76, 86, 111–112, 134, 141
- Japan International Cooperation Agency, 57, 61
- Jordan
- education reform, 56–57
- geostrategic importance of, 52–53, 86
- school curriculum, 56–58, 67–69, 73–80, 98
- Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development, 49, 63
- Jordanian Ministry of Education, 57–58, 75
- Jordan River Foundation, 49, 63, 77
- Junior Achievement
- Expansion of, 34–35, 46–48
- funding of, 30
- history of, 17–19
- ties with U.S. government, 31, 33
- Private Sector Fund, 30–36
- Junior Achievement International, 18–19
- Kabariti, Nour, 59, 65, 71–72, 76
- Kawar, Karim, 67, 75
- King Abdullah II, 39, 49–54, 61–62, 64–66, 79, 89, 91
- King Abdullah II Fund for Development, 49
- King Abdullah Second Special Operation Center, 54
- King Hussein, 62, 72–73
- knowledge economy, 56, 59, 88, 109–110
- Knowledge Park, 87, 91, 92, 93, 106, 142
- Kuwait, 10, 30, 50, 53–54, 81, 97
- Lebanon, 3–16
- Mahjoub, 111–112
- Marshall Plan, 16
- Mercy Corps, 39–40
- Middle East Free Trade Area, 53
- Middle East Partnership Initiative, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 34, 36, 46, 61
- Middle East Youth Initiative, 27, 36, 38–39, 41
- Mohammad Ben Rashed Al-Maktoum, 83, 85, 90, 96
- Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, 2
- Morocco, 25, 29–31, 44, 53–54, 89, 97–100, 136–138
- Mousab-Khorma Scholarship Fund, 76
- Najah, 49, 60–61, 66, 71
- Naseej, 48, 60, 63
- National Association of Manufacturers, 22
- National Democratic Institute, 28, 43
- National Endowment for Democracy, 34–35, 41
- Negro, Salvatore, 89, 99
- neoliberal ideas, 133
- neoliberal identities, 139
- neoliberalism, 3, 119, 135, 139, 148, 150, 155, 165
- New York, 7, 13–22, 27, 35–37, 66, 84, 102, 129–132
- 9/11 Commission Report, 29
- 9/11 terrorist attacks, 26, 35, 37
- nodes, 8, 124, 127, 247, 148, 149
- PACT, 31–33
- Peace Corps, 30–31, 40
- pivot cities, 14, 62, 87, 143
- policy diffusion, 6, 7, 14, 119–128
- policy mobility, 114, 122–123, 126–128, 142–143
- policy transfer, 113, 121, 123, 128, 157
- Prince Hassan Youth Award, 77
- Prince Hussein, 79
- Princess Basma Youth Resource Center, 76
- private sector, 4, 29–30, 34–36, 44, 46, 55–61, 64
- protests, 1, 2, 60, 123, 134–138
- public diplomacy, 14, 26, 31, 113–119, 145
- Salti, Soraya, 87, 88, 92, 138
- Saraya, 60
- Sassen, Saskia, 7, 19, 129–132
- Saudi Arabia, 17, 30, 54, 86, 89, 92–98
- Save the Children, 60, 61, 73, 71, 73
- Save the Children USA, 49, 60
- scalar analysis, 9
- scales, 7, 9, 52, 87, 113, 139, 142
- space, 7, 9, 23, 35–59, 102–113, 123, 128–129, 142
- spatiality, 15, 112, 142, 143, 144
- Sprague, David, 57
- spread of ideas, 3, 4, 6–19, 92, 113–127, 139–143
- strategic information complex, 39
- Street Law, 41
- success stories, 59, 66–67, 71, 74–78, 80, 104–105
- symbolic power, 103–105
- Syrian civil war and refugees, 49
- United Arab Emirates, 10, 30, 53–54, 82, 87, 97–99, 105
- United Nations, 4, 23, 27, 79, 91, 97, 106, 107, 108
- Development Program, 97, 108
- Global Compact, 97
- Security Council, 4, 79
- United States
- Agency for International Development, 19, 26–35, 41, 46–49, 57–69, 71–77, 103
- Institute of Peace, 35
- State Department, 24, 26, 29–30, 32, 35–36, 46
- US-Jordan Free Trade Agreement, 53
- War on terror, 16, 29, 34, 43, 54, 61, 113, 142
- Washington, DC
- history of, 2–23
- Massachusetts Avenue, 3, 13, 23, 27–28, 39, 44
- information complex, 20–21, 23, 39
- Washington Consensus, 21
- Wolfensohn, James, 37, 39
- Wolfensohn Center, 27, 39
- World Bank, 21–27, 35–43, 57, 61, 67, 101, 123, 136
- World Economic Forum, 66, 81–82, 89, 123
- World Learning, 24, 26, 32–33
- Young Arab Leaders
- creation of, 64, 82–83
- funding of, 83-
- in Dubai, 82–84, 87, 89, 91–99, 101–102, 104, 109
- in Jordan, 57, 64, 66, 67, 81
- Young Entrepreneurs Association, 65, 82
- Young Global Leaders, 28, 66
- Young Presidents Organization, 61, 66, 82
- youth as a social category, 1–4, 21, 25
- youth bulge, 2, 16, 41, 42, 83, 98
- youth empowerment, 42, 62, 82, 89, 139
- youth leadership, 1, 5, 8–10, 139
- youth nongovernmental organizations, 2–3, 42–43
- youth participation, 1, 25, 43
- youth policies, 2, 3, 11, 25, 36, 42, 43, 82, 145
- youth revolution, 1, 135, 137
- youth underemployment, 2
- youth unemployment, 6, 17, 77, 83, 98, 110, 138