Sean Yom
@seanyom.bsky.social
Poli-sci prof @ Temple, Senior Fellow @ FPRI and DAWN, and luckiest dad outside Turkey. I write on Mideast politics, authoritarianism, & US foreign policy. More: http://seanyom.com. ***Slowly moving here from Twitter/X...
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Qatar has now been bombed by both Iran and Israel, while hosting a major US base. This has serious implications on the meaning - or lack thereof - of hosting US military as well as just how inconvenient it is to be a mediator in this day and age.
September 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Qatar has now been bombed by both Iran and Israel, while hosting a major US base. This has serious implications on the meaning - or lack thereof - of hosting US military as well as just how inconvenient it is to be a mediator in this day and age.
In other words: Israel's turning into the US in the worst possible way.
September 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In other words: Israel's turning into the US in the worst possible way.
Maria beat me to the punch. She gets all the credit for being such an amazing scholar!
July 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Maria beat me to the punch. She gets all the credit for being such an amazing scholar!
Please listen anyone if you want to know why Jordan is one of the world's most militarized countries and spends 40% of its budget on military/defense/security...
But hasn't fought a real war in a half-century and can offload its real security burdens onto the US/NATO
But hasn't fought a real war in a half-century and can offload its real security burdens onto the US/NATO
June 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Please listen anyone if you want to know why Jordan is one of the world's most militarized countries and spends 40% of its budget on military/defense/security...
But hasn't fought a real war in a half-century and can offload its real security burdens onto the US/NATO
But hasn't fought a real war in a half-century and can offload its real security burdens onto the US/NATO