I wanted to create a new primer about the MENA for general readership and classroom use, but with a different tack from other textbooks. Many introductory volumes explore the Middle East through the lenses of politics and geopolitics, the machinations of elites..
Sean Yom
Sean Yom is Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University and Senior Fellow in the Middle East Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is a specialist on governance and politics in the Middle East, especially in Arab monarchies like Jordan, Kuwait, and Morocco. His research engages topics of authoritarianism, economic development, and social movements in these countries, as well as the arc of US interventionism and hegemony in the region.