Marc Lynch
List of Marc Lynch articles
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KHALED DESOUKI / AFP / Getty Images Consent of the Governors
Why Egypt’s constitutional referendum is a worrisome step toward authoritarianism.
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SAM SKAINE/AFP/Getty Images The Political Science of Syria’s War
From 'veto players' to 'emotions,' a state-of-the-art tour of the scholarship on civil wars and insurgencies.
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GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/GettyImages The Dark List
Why nobody in the Middle East deserves to be an FP Leading Global Thinker this year.
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KARL SCHUMACHER/AFP/Getty Images Spoiler Alert
What lessons do the success of Camp David and the failure of Oslo hold for America's nuclear deal with Iran?
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JASON REED/AFP/Getty Images Peak Middle East?
Why the administration is giving a free pass to Egypt's military regime.
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MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images The Entrepreneurs of Cynical Sectarianism
Why the Middle East's identity conflicts go way beyond the Sunni-Shiite divide.
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MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images The Middle East Power Vacuum
When Iran starts to look competent and responsible, you know you've got a problem.
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SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images Iraq’s Moment to Rise or Burn
Baghdad could be the key to unlocking the region's worst conflicts -- if only it could get its own house in order.
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GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images Promotion Demotion
Does it even make sense for the Obama administration to push for democracy in the Arab world?
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JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images A Partial Syria Reset
Obama's diplomatic solution might not stop Assad's war, but it's far better than what airstrikes would have accomplished.
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MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images The Price of Proxies
Don't be fooled: The United States is already knee-deep in the Syrian quagmire, and the opportunity costs are disturbing.
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Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images Trench Warfare
The sectarian and political camps across the Arab world are violently divided on Syria. Could a U.S. bombing campaign bring them together?
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BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images Restraining Order
Obama's been wise to not get involved in Syria. But now comes the tricky part.
