Sean Yom

Associate Professor of Political Science, Temple University

Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN)

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Welcome! I am a scholar and researcher on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa. My work touches upon almost every aspect of the region: autocratic rule, democratic reforms, political economy, social conflict, human rights, and US foreign policy.

My latest book is Jordan: Politics in an Accidental Crucible (Oxford University Press, 2025). Two decades in the making, this is a sweeping roadmap of Jordan’s politics, economy, society, and foreign relations.

My edited Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (Routledge, 2026), a pathbreaking textbook on regional politics, was also recently released.

My other research grapples with the dynamics of authoritarianism and democratization in the MENA. Beyond Jordan, I also work on Morocco, Kuwait, and the broader Arabian Gulf. I am deeply concerned with the limits of US hegemony, including problems of Middle East war-making, geopolitical order, and the survival of American democracy itself.

I sit on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Middle East Studies and the Editorial Committee of the Middle East Report and Information Project, and serve as an Associate Editor of Research & Politics.