by Marc Lynch | May 8, 2013 | Monitor
– The Middle East Channel Editor’s Reader – We try to keep a close eye on Yemen here at the Middle East Channel. So I’m happy to post the latest video in the POMEPS Conversations series (subscribe here to the podcast), where I...
by Marc Lynch | May 6, 2013 | Monitor
The persistence of anti-American views in the Arab world represents an important policy challenge and an intriguing puzzle for political scientists. In the new issue of Foreign Affairs, I use Amaney Jamal’s fascinating new book, Of Empires and Citizens:...
by Marc Lynch | May 4, 2013 | Monitor
My column this week, "How Syria Ruined the Arab Spring", tries to step back from the intervention debate to look at the broader ways in which that country’s escalating horrors have altered the trajectory of political contestation across the entire...
by Marc Lynch | Apr 19, 2013 | Monitor
My FP column this week takes a look at the growing crackdown by the monarchs of the Gulf on perceived "insults." I argue that their campaign is a clear signal of their declining power and legitimacy: confident leaders don’t need to arrest people for...
by Marc Lynch | Apr 11, 2013 | Monitor
This is just a placeholder post to alert blog readers that my weekly column came out yesterday: "Did We Get the Muslim Brotherhood Wrong? Nope, but that’s not enough." The column looks back to pre-revolution academic writing on Egypt’s MB and...
