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Sean Yom

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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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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Jun 6

My new book on Jordan, out in September!

It covers major topics on Jordanian history/politics imaginable over the past century--myths, monarchism, authoritarianism, civil society, democratic struggles, economy, foreign policy...

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Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus

OREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University ad...

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Sep 9

Qatar: we're giving you a luxury Boeing 747 to be your personal chariot

Trump: thank you so much

Qatar: can you make sure nobody bombs us?

Trump: leaves chat

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US begins preparing Qatari jet to be used as Air Force One

The aircraft - valued at $400m - is being donated by Qatar as an "unconditional gift", with any retrofitting costs being borne by the US government.

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Sep 9

From White House press conference, re: Israel bombing Qatar: President Trump feels "very badly about the location of the attack"

You can't make this shit up

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Sep 9

In July 2024, Israel waited until Ismail Haniyeh *left* Qatar to visit Tehran before assassinating him.

Now it's just full-on bombing Qatar.

If the US had granted visas to PLO leaders to attend the UN meeting this month, I'd be very scared about Mossad operations in Manhattan.

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Dr Cinzia Bianco @cinziabianco.bsky.social · Sep 9

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.

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Abu Aardvark’s Ghost @abuaardvark.bsky.social · Sep 9

Fun fact: Qatar, whose capital Israel just bombed, is a “major non-NATO ally” of the United States.

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Sep 9

In other words: Israel's turning into the US in the worst possible way.

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Middle East Research and Information Project @merip.bsky.social · Aug 13

NEW PODCAST: The MERIP Roundtable "On Recognition"

@jdryan08.bsky.social is joined by EdCommers @lisahajjar.bsky.social, @seanyom.bsky.social, and Jacob Mundy to discuss genocide recognition by Israeli figures and institutions, and UK/Canada recognition for a Palestinian state.

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Episode 6: The MERIP Roundtable, "On Recognition" | The MERIP Podcast

Listen to Episode 6: The MERIP Roundtable, "On Recognition" from The MERIP Podcast. The MERIP Roundtable is a new format for the MERIP podcast featuring conversation on urgent issues in the Middle…

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · Aug 12

MAGA is going through some things .

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · Aug 12

"The unemployment rate is 3.6%"

A screenshot from Chernobyl with the caption "3.6...not great, not terrible"

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Aug 10

Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Aug 9

I already saw this movie, the ending sucked but Benicio del Toro was great

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Trump signs order authorising military action against cartels: Reports

Mexican politicians warn that US action against criminal groups on their soil would be a violation of sovereignty.

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Aug 9

I just can't

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Aug 9

MTG goes to war with AIPAC and my head is going to explode

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‘You can bring it on’: Marjorie Taylor Greene responds to Aipac attacks over Gaza war criticism

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · Aug 7

Reporter: We have not seen tariffs at these rates since the 1930s, and following that was the Great Depression. It's ratcheted up to 50% for some countries. The most recent estimate is these tariffs costing the average family $2,400 a year. That's a significant hit to the average American family

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Aug 8

In other words: we are paying for the tariffs

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 7

"So the tariff is paid in this country by the importer, is that right?" -- Eugene Robinson guides Scott Bessent into acknowledging that tariffs are in fact paid in the United States, not by foreign governments

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 7

A genuinely good part of the old Republican aesthetic is how it sought to play down wealth, an impulse born from Protestant values. You can see this in how Bush dressed and decorated his living spaces

That aesthetic now replaced by gilt detailing designed to remind you that the occupant is wealthy.

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Abu Aardvark’s Ghost @abuaardvark.bsky.social · Aug 6

And this is different from the pre-post-American world how?

Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · Aug 6

In a post-American world, greed and nihilism are destroying Sudan.

By Anne Applebaum

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This Is What the End of the Liberal World Order Looks Like

In a post-American world, greed and nihilism are destroying Sudan.

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Aug 5

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I saw many atrocities as a senior aid official in Gaza. Now Israeli authorities are trying to silence us

Devastated hospitals, mass graves, bodies eaten by dogs in the street. After speaking out, I discovered my visa will not be renewed, says Jonathan Whittall of UN OCHA

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Jul 23

Maria beat me to the punch. She gets all the credit for being such an amazing scholar!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jul 11

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Jun 23

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

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Bassel Salloukh @bassel26.bsky.social · Jun 23

Just out: Pete Moore and @seanyom.bsky.social in conversation with Ezra Karmel about their MELG Roundtable “Reconceptualizing Security and Political Economy in the Modern Middle East," which includes articles on Jordan, Syria and Yemen

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Episode 23 – Militarization in Jordan with Dr. Pete Moore and Dr. Sean Yom

In this episode, Ezra Karmel speaks with Sean Yom and Pete Moore about their recent special issue in MELG,

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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · Jun 22

So under that rationale, we could strike nuclear facilities in Russia and not be at war with Russia... right?

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Vance: 'We're not at war with Iran, we're at war with Iran's nuclear program'

Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that despite the U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites last night, the U.S. is not at war with Iran.

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