Marc Lynch

Contributor at Freelance

Writer at Abu Aardvark's MENA Academy

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Articles

What Trump's win means for the Middle East

Nov 6, 2024 | abuaardvark.substack.com | Marc Lynch

This is a sad day for America and the world. Like most of us, I’m still processing Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris last night. It’s not just that he won — it’s the wholesale shift to the right seen almost everywhere after the most extreme right wing campaign in American history. With the House, the Senate and the Supreme Court behind him, and his near certain escape from all of the lawsuits against him, there is a near complete absence of any checks on his power.
Academic Freedom in Peril

Jul 8, 2024 | abuaardvark.substack.com | Marc Lynch

Keith Whittington, You Can’t Teach That!: The Battle Over University Classrooms (Wiley 2024). “American academic freedom is in peril,” warned Kate Starbird and Ryan Calo recently in the journal Science. They speak from hard-earned personal experience based on the backlash to their pathbreaking work studying online disinformation: “Academics researching online misinformation in the US are learning a hard lesson: Academic freedom cannot be taken for granted.
Gloom about the ‘day after’ the Gaza war pervasive among Mideast scholars

Jun 20, 2024 | brookings.edu | Marc Lynch |Shibley Telhami

Even before a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip could be attained, the Biden administration has avowed the need to return to the eventual goal of a two-state solution as the foundation of a durable Israeli-Palestinian settlement. But a new survey of Middle East scholars who study the issue suggests that finding such a solution out of the horrific devastation of Gaza is highly unlikely.
The Coming Arab Backlash

Apr 24, 2024 | realcleardefense.com | Marc Lynch

Marc Lynch Foreign Affairs April 24, 2024 Middle Eastern Regimes—and America—Ignore Public Anger at Their Peril Read Full Article » Show comments Hide Comments Related Articles
The Coming Arab Backlash

Apr 22, 2024 | almendron.com | Marc Lynch

Since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, the Middle East has been rocked by mass protests. Egyptians have demonstrated in solidarity with Palestinians at great personal risk, and Iraqis, Moroccans, Tunisians, and Yemenis have taken to the streets in vast numbers.
Scholars Who Study the Middle East Are Afraid to Speak Out

Dec 5, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Marc Lynch

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An Invasion of Gaza Would Be a Disaster for Israel

Oct 14, 2023 | almendron.com | Marc Lynch

In the early morning of October 13, the Israeli military issued a warning to the 1.2 million Palestinians of northern Gaza: they must evacuate within 24 hours, in advance of a probable ground invasion. Such an Israeli assault would have the avowed goal of ending Hamas as an organization in retaliation for its shocking October 7 surprise attack into southern Israel, where it massacred over 1,000 Israeli citizens and seized over a hundred hostages.
An Invasion of Gaza Would Be a Disaster for Israel

Oct 13, 2023 | rb.gy | Marc Lynch |Max Boot

In the early morning of October 13, the Israeli military issued a warning to the 1.2 million Palestinians of northern Gaza: they must evacuate within 24 hours, in advance of a probable ground invasion. Such an Israeli assault would have the avowed goal of ending Hamas as an organization in retaliation for its shocking October 7 surprise attack into southern Israel, where it massacred over 1,000 Israeli citizens and seized over a hundred hostages.
Israel’s One-State Reality | It’s Time to Give Up on the Two-State Solution

Sep 25, 2023 | pdf.defence.pk | Michael Barnett |Nathan Brown |Marc Lynch

#1May/June 2023Published on April 14, 2023MICHAEL BARNETT is University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. NATHAN J. BROWN is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. MARC LYNCH is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.
Israel’s One-State Reality - It’s Time To Give Up on the Two-State Solution

Jul 27, 2023 | portside.org | Michael Barnett |Nathan Brown |Marc Lynch |Shibley Telhami

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power in Israel with a narrow, extreme right-wing coalition has shattered even the illusion of a two-state solution. Members of his new government have not been shy about stating their views on what Israel is and what it should be in all the territories it controls: a Greater Israel defined not just as a Jewish state but one in which the law enshrines Jewish supremacy over all Palestinians who remain there.