I conducted 152 interviews for this book between 2008 and 2012. Many interviews were conducted using “unattributable” or “off-the-record” terms. Accordingly, I either do not refer to those interviewees at all or do so without linking statements to interviewees. I assigned each interview a random number and refer to it using that number in the text so as to protect my interviewees’ confidentiality.

To provide some sense of the scope of the interviews, I provide below a list of the affiliations of my interviewees. The affiliations listed are those that were held at the time of the interview. In the case of interviewees that were no longer working in the democracy-promotion field at the time of the interview, the affiliations listed are those that were last held. Many people had worked at several organizations and so the listed affiliations understate the breadth of organizations about which interviewees shared perspective. At many organizations, I interviewed multiple staff members and I occasionally interviewed the same person multiple times over the years. Each interview lasted for between 30 and 120 minutes and followed a semi-structured format.

Interviews conducted in Jordan

Academy for Educational Development; Adaleh Center for Human Rights Studies; Al Hayat Center for Civil Society Development; Al Quds Center for Political Studies; Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center; AMIDEAST; American Bar Association's Rule of Law Initiative; Amman Center for Human Rights Studies; AmmanNet; Arab Foundation for Development and Citizenship; Arab Network for Human Rights and Citizenship Education; Arab Women Leaders Training Institute; Arab Women Organization of Jordan; Associates in Rural Development, Inc., Jordan Local Governance Development Program; Canadian International Development Agency; Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists; Equitas International Centre for Human Rights Education; European Commission, Delegation to Jordan; Foundation for the Future; Freedom House; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; Good Life Studies Center; International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES); International Republican Institute; International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX); Islamic Action Front; Jordan Center for Social Research; Jordan Education Initiative; Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies;