Marc Lynch

Marc Lynch is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and of the Project on Middle East Political Science. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He is the author of The Arab Uprising (March 2012, PublicAffairs).
He publishes frequently on the politics of the Middle East, with a particular focus on the Arab media and information technology, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and Islamist movements.
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Hopes for peaceful change have been replaced by sectarian animosity and unending bloodshed.
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Marc Lynch
Why are the Gulf's leaders so afraid of a few jokes?
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Nope. But it's time to revise our assessments.
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Iraqis.
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We're Duke.
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Iran's
popularity in the Arab world is way down, but sectarianism is on the rise.
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What John Kerry needs to know about his first assignment.
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Arming the rebels isn’t the only way the United States can help Syria.
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Arming the rebels is not a Goldilocks idea, it’s just wrong.
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How social media is hurting the Arab Spring.
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