In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Nasser bin Nasser, Charles Lister, Marvin G. Weinbaum, and Gerald Feierstein provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the dismissal of the Jordanian government following protests, the international diplomatic and military positioning in southern Syria, the merger of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, and the first anniversary of the intra-GCC crisis.