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Marc Lynch Faculty Member
Positions
- Co-Director, The George Washington University
- Associate Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs , The George Washington University
- Director, Middle East Studies, IAFF , Elliott School of International Affairs 2009 - 2015
My research focuses on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa, while a great deal of my work focuses on running two major organizations dedicated to the academic study of the Middle East (the Project on Middle East Political Science and the ASPA MENA Politics Section). I am currently completing a number of books, including two edited volumes already under review, another edited volumes in preparation, and two solo-authored books in advanced stages. I also am the Middle East editor for the Monkey Cage blog on the Washington Post, the series editor for Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics (Columbia University Press), and the editor of the APSA's MENA Politics Newsletter.
Research Areas
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Affiliation
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
- The Future of Islamism Through the Lens of the Past. Religions. 2022
- Taking Stock of Middle East Political Science. Mediterranean Politics. 2021
- Islamist Politics After the Arab Uprisings. Middle East Law and Governance. 2020
- The political and institutional impact of Syria’s displacement crisis. Middle East Law and Governance. 2017
- Online clustering, fear and uncertainty in Egypt’s transition. 2017
- Failed states and ungoverned spaces. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. 2016
- Area Studies and the Costs of Prematurely Implementing DA-RT.. APSA-Comparative Politics Newsletter. 2016
- Political Science in Real Time: Engaging the Middle East Policy Public.. Perspectives on Politics. 2016
- After the Arab Spring: How the Media Trashed the Transitions.. Journal of Democracy. 2015
- Online Fragmentation in Wartime: A Longitudinal Analysis of Tweets about Syria, 2011-2013.. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 2014
- Syria in the Arab Spring: The Integration and Disintegration of Syria’s Conflict With the Arab Uprisings, 2011-2013.. Research and Politics. 2014
- Explaining the Unexpected: Response. Perspectives on Politics. 2014
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article
- The End of the Middle East: How An Old Map Distorts Reality. Foreign Affairs. 2022
- Racial Formations in Africa and the Middle East: A Transregional Approach.. POMEPS Studies. 2021
- Digital Activism and Authoritarian Adaptation in the Middle East.. POMEPS Studies. 2021
- The Arab Uprisings Never Ended. Foreign Affairs. 2021
- MENA's Frozen Conflicts. POMEPS STUDIES. 2020
- Israel/Palestine: Exploring a One State Reality. POMEPS STUDIES. 2020
- And The Twain Shall Meet: Connecting Africa and the Middle East. POMEPS STUDIES. 2020
- The COVID-19 Pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa. POMEPS STUDIES. 2020
- Sectarianism and International Relations in the Middle East. POMEPS STUDIES. 2020
- Challenges to the MENA Inclusionary State. POMEPS STUDIES. 2020
- Youth Politics in the Middle East. POMEPS STUDIES. 2019
- Religion, Violence and the State in Iraq. POMEPS STUDIES. 2019
- Designating the Muslim Brotherhood. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2019
- The Stability Story. Carnegie Middle East Center Diwan. 2019
- Changing the Story: The Arab Media and Sudan. Carnegie Middle East Center Diwan. 2019
- Does the decline of US power matter for the Middle East?. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2019
- Is the next Arab uprising happening in plain sight?. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2019
- Remembering the Victims: Transitional Justice in Tunisia. Carnegie Middle East Center Diwan. 2018
- The Meaning of Untouchable: Impunity and the Khashoggi Affair. Carnegie Middle East Center Diwan. 2018
- The arrest of Matthew Hedges and academic freedom in the Middle East. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2018
- What connects the latest round of Arab protests. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2018
- The War After the War: Reconstruction in Syria and the Middle East. Carnegie Middle East Center Diwan. 2018
- The New Arab Order: Power and Violence in the New Middle East. Foreign Affairs. 2018
- Why Gaza's March of Return isn't dominating Arab headlines. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2018
- What are the lessons of the Arab uprisings for Iran's protests?. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2018
- Why it won't be easy to resolve Yemen's many wars. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2018
- Three things to know about Trump's Jerusalem gambit. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2017
- What Saudi Arabia's purge means for the Middle East. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2017
- Can Islamists make a comeback at the local level?. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2017
- Three big lessons of the Qatar crisis. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2017
- How Trump's alignment with Saudi Arabia and the UAE is inflaming the Middle East. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2017
- Belligerent Minimalism: The Trump Administration and the Middle East.. The Washington Quarterly. 2016
- The changing face of women's political participation in the Middle East. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2016
- What's really wrong with the US-Saudi relationship. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2016
- After the political science relevance revolution. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2016
- Is the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization or a firewall?. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2016
- Why it's wrong to say the Arab uprisings failed. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2016
- Could political science tell us whether the truth is out there?. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2016
- Why Saudi Arabia escalated the Middle East's sectarian conflict. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2016
- The endless recurrence of the clash of civilizations. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2015
- Obama and the Middle East: Rightsizing the U.S. Role.. Foreign Affairs. 2015
- Can the Iran deal be the new Camp David?. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2015
- Contesting the Caliphate. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2015
- Rethinking nations in the Middle East. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2015
- The dilemmas of working with Iraqi militias. Washington Post - Monkey Cage. 2015
- Arab election season. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2014
- Insecure Gulf. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2014
- The problem with #withsyria. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2014
- King Kendrick and the Ivory Tower. Foreign Policy. 2014
- Consent of the Governors. Foreign Policy. 2014
- Egypt let your people go. Foreign Policy. 2014
- Rethinking Islamist Politics. POMEPS Studies. 2014
- Spoiler Alert. Foreign Policy. 2013
- The Dark List. Foreign Policy. 2013
- The Political Science of Syria's War. Foreign Policy. 2013
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book
- The One State Reality: What is Israel/Palestine?. Cornell University Press. 2022
- The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research After the Arab Uprisings. Oxford University Press. 2022
- The New Arab Wars: Uprising and Anarchy in the Middle East. Public Affairs. 2016
- The Arab Uprisings Explained: The New Contentious Politics of the Middle East. Columbia University Press. 2014
- The Arab Uprising: The Incomplete Revolutions of the New Middle East. Public Affairs. 2012
- Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq, Al Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today. New York: Columbia University Press. 2006
- State Interests and Public Spheres: The International Politics of Jordan's Identity.. New York: Columbia University Press. 1999
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chapter
- Power Politics in the Post-Uprisings Middle East.. Reconfiguring Regional Order in the Middle East. 2022
- Proxy Wars and New Form of Power Politics. The Contemporary Middle East in an Age of Upheaval,. 2021
- Fear the Future. An Unorthodox Guide to Fieldwork in the Middle East. 2019
- Trashing Transitions. The Arab Uprising Revisited. 2018
- Arab Social Media as a Site of Ongoing Mobilization.. Arab Politics Beyond the Uprisings. 2017
- Regional International Relations. Politics of the Middle East. 2013
- Islam between the Ikhwan and the Jihad. Fault Lines: Al Qaeda's Organizational, Strategic, and Ideological Fissures. 2010
- Beyond 'violent extremism': strategic communication in the Obama era. American Foreign Policy: Regional Perspectives. 2009
- Lie to Me: Sanctions on Iraq, Moral Argument, and the International Politics of Hypocrisy. Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics. 2008
- Political Effects of the Arab Media. Arab Media: Power and Weakness. 2008
- Arab Arguments. New Media and the New Middle East. 2007
- Anti-Americanisms in the Arab World. Anti-Americanisms in World Politics. 2006
- Dialogue in an Age of Terror. Islamic Democratic Discourse: Theory, Debates, and Philosophical Perspectives. 2006
- Globalization and Arab Security. Globalization and National Security. 2006
- Public Diplomacy and Public Opinion Survey Research. Public Diplomacy: Practitioners, Policy Makers, and Public Opinion. 2006
- Critical Theory: Dialogue, Legitimacy, and Normative Justifications for War. Making Sense of IR Theory. 2005
- The Arab Media Environment. Engaging the Arab/Islamic World through Public Diplomacy. 2004
- Jordan's Identity and Interests. Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East. 2001
- Rightsizing Over the Jordan: The Politics of Downsizing. Rightsizing the State. 2001
- Abandoning Iraq. The Origins of National Interests. 1999
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conference paper
- After Tahrir: Online Polarization in Egypt's Failed Transition 2015
- Syria in the Arab Spring 2014
- Tweeting for Syria: Social Media and Transnational Involvement in Civil War 2014
- Clustering and Conflict: The Syrian War on Twitter 2013
- New Media and Arab Protests 2013
- Tweeting Like a State: The New Media's Challenge to the Authoritarian Arab State 2010
- The Middle Eastern State in International Relations 2009
- America's Standing in the World: Middle East perspectives 2009
- Iraq and Vietnam. 2009
- Blogging in the Middle East 2009
- Al-Qaeda, the Arab media, and the Muslim Brotherhood 2008
- The war on ideas 2008
- What public opinion surveys can tell us about the Islamic world. 2008
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report
presentations
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presentation
- Securing the Peace in Iraq after ISIL 2017
- RAND, The internet and the Arab uprisings 2013
- Brookings Professional Seminar, Islamic Movements 2013
- Providence College, Prospects for Democracy and Justice after the Arab Spring 2013
- Seminar XXI, New Media and Arab Politics 2013
- State Department INR, Youth in Egypt 2013
- The Wilson Center, Arab attitudes towards Iran 2013
- University of Venice, The Arab Uprising 2013
- Camden Conference, Egypt and the hope for democracy 2013
- Foreign Service Institute, Trends in Arab politics 2013
- McGill University, New Media and the Arab Uprisings 2013
- Rahmaniya Forum, Are the Arab revolutions democratic? 2013
- World Bank, Prospects for Democratic Transitions 2013
- CFR, Syria 2012
- Dickinson College, The Arab Uprising 2012
- University of Vermont, The Arab Uprising 2012
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Research
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Teaching
teaching activities
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Service
reviewer of
- American Political Science Review (Journal)
- Arab Media and Society (formerly Transnational Broadcasting Studies Journal) (Journal)
- Fulbright (Journal)
- Journal of Media and Culture in the Arab and Muslim World (Journal)
- National Science Foundation (Journal)
- Perspectives on Politics (Journal)
- Smith-Richardson Foundation (Journal)
- Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (Journal)
- The Middle East Channel (Journal)
- The Middle East Journal (Journal)
- USIP (Journal)
- USIP Grants (Journal)
- USIP Grants (Journal)
- Washington Post Monkey Cage (Journal)
- special issue of Middle East Report (Journal)
professional service activities
- Middle East Studies Association Other 2015 -
- American Political Science Association Other
- Middle East Studies Association Other
- Public Diplomacy Colincil Member
- USIP Task Force on Iraq Other
- USIP Task Force on Yemen Other
- American Political Science Association MENA Politics Section President 2018 - 2199
- Middle East Studies Association Other 2018
- American Political Science Association Other 2014 - 2016
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Background
education and training
- BA. degree, Duke University
- MA. degree in Government, Cornell University
- University of California, Berkeley , Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Ph.D. degree in Government, Cornell University 1997
awards and honors
- Andrew Carnege Fellow, conferred by Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2016
- Special Achievement, conferred by Outstanding Achievement in International Studies (OAIS) Awards, 2013
- Oakley Center Fellowship, conferred by Williams College, 2002
- World Fellowship, conferred by Williams College, 2002
- Grawemeyer Prize for World Order, conferred by None, 2002
- Nominated, Council on Foreign Relations Fellowship, conferred by None, 2001
- SSRC International Research Dissertation Fellowship Program, conferred by None, 2001
- MacArthur Postdoctoral Fellow, conferred by University of California, Berkeley, 1998
- Visiting Scholar, conferred by University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1997
- Janice and Milton Esman Award for Distinguished Scholarship, conferred by Cornell University, 1997
- Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship, conferred by None, 1996
- Dissertation Fellowship, conferred by USIA/American Center for Oriental Research, 1995
- International Predissertation Fellowship, conferred by Social Science Research Council, 1994
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Contact
full name
- Marc Lynch
mailing address
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1957 E Street, NW
Ste 512
Washington, DC 20052
USA
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