Soyeon Ahn holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Houston, Texas. She previously worked as an analyst at the Korea National Oil Corporation. Her expertise lies in comparative politics and international relations, with a particular emphasis on the Middle East. She is currently a visiting scholar at the West Asia Center, Asia Center at Seoul National University, and teaches Arabic and Middle Eastern politics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Her primary academic interests include political regime types, institutions, civil society in the Middle East, as well as the rentier economy and regime survival.
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