A model of security in a very unstable Middle East, Jordan could now be teetering on the cusp of political conflict and instability. The elections are going to be the dividing line," says Sean Yom, a Jordan expert at Temple. "They're supposed to be the inaugural elections of the new electoral law, a whole new system of democratic governance. If various opposition forces do not see the elections as credible, you will see real signs of instability," he said.