Jordan: Politics in an Accidental Crucible - Sean Yom

Sean Yom is Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University. He is a specialist on regimes and governance in the Middle East, especially in Arab monarchies like Jordan, Kuwait, and Morocco. His research engages authoritarian politics, democratic reforms, and economic development in the region, as well as their implications for US foreign policy. He is the author of From Resilience to Revolution (2015) and a co-editor of The Political Science of the Middle East (with Marc Lynch and Jillian Schwedler; Oxford 2022).