Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what's going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.

The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.

Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.

Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.

Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?

If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.