--- title: Robert W. Jordan | TIME description: Robert W. Jordan is Diplomat in Residence and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the John G. Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001 to 2003. His memoir, Desert Diplomat: Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9/11, will be published by Potomac Books in July 2015. canonical: https://time.com/author/robert-w-jordan/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/robert-w-jordan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Robert W. Jordan ## Robert W. Jordan _Robert W. Jordan is Diplomat in Residence and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the John G. Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001 to 2003\. His memoir,_ [_Desert Diplomat_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1612346707/?tag=timecom-20)_: Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9/11, will be published by Potomac Books in July 2015._ ## Robert W. Jordan *  Jul 16, 2015 ### [Iran Could Become an Economic Superpower](https://time.com/3960122/iran-economic-superpower/) The Iranian people may have unrealistic expectations of how soon they’ll see economic benefits, but ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 13, 2015 ### [Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: Why the Saudi King Snubbed President Obama](https://time.com/3856502/gulf-summit-saudi-arabia/) There have been too many recent policy disagreements about the Middle East [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"\_\_typename":"Seo","meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection","edges":\[\]},"twitter\_card":null} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-w-jordan/","name":"Robert W. Jordan"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-w-jordan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-w-jordan/"},"name":"Robert W. Jordan","jobTitle":"","description":"Robert W. Jordan is Diplomat in Residence and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the John G. Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001 to 2003. His memoir, Desert Diplomat: Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9/11, will be published by Potomac Books in July 2015.","url":"https://time.com/author/robert-w-jordan/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```