King Abdullah II ascended the Jordanian throne in 1999 and has ruled the kingdom for the first two decades of the 21st century. During this period, the Arab world has been rocked by internal revolts and revolutions that have brought issues of identity and representation to the fore of regional politics; at the same time, Jordan has largely remained “a quiet house in a troubled neighborhood.” How has the concept of national identity been employed in Jordan to stabilize the political environment? This thesis analyzes the rhetoric of King Abdullah II as he articulates the Jordanian identity in his public speeches, and contends that this act of identity articulation is a political project that has aimed to construct and stabilize the nation and the Hashemite rule over it in the 21st century. The transcripts of these public speeches, available on www.kingabdullah.jo, were the primary source material for this analysis. Secondary information was collected from books, journal and newspaper articles, and published reports. As the elements of the King’s proposed Jordanian identity are explained and contextualized in the modern challenges that the nation has faced, the thesis begins to interrogate the future of this political project as political tensions continue to rise in the kingdom.