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Is the United States pulling out of the Middle East after more than a half-century of domination -- and if so, what will be the ultimate implications?  This lecture critically assesses the popular assumption that the US is "leaving" the Mideast, and reviews how core strategic interests such as oil, Israel, and counterterrorism have evolved in recent years.  It asks whether American national security truly needs a militarized presence in the Middle East any longer, and if so projects different futures tying together our country and the region. 

Sean Yom is Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University. His scholarship focuses on regimes and governance in the Middle East, with an emphasis on the Arab monarchies. At Temple, Yom teaches courses on Middle East politics, comparative democratization, and qualitative methods. His books include From Resilience to Revolution: How Foreign Interventions Destabilize the Middle East (Columbia University Press, 2016), Government and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa (Routledge, 2020), and several other volumes under review and forthcoming. His journal articles have appeared in European Journal of International Relations, Journal of Democracy, Comparative Political Studies, Global Policy Journal, Government and Opposition, PS: Political Science and Politics, Middle East Journal, and more. Yom sits on the steering committee of the Project on Middle East Political Science and the scientific committee of the Hicham Alaoui Foundation.  During 2022-24, he serves as the co-editor of the MENA Politics, the official newsletter of the Middle East and North Africa Politics section of the American Political Science Association.