Gone fishin’
I’m going to be off the grid for most of the next two weeks. Try to get by without me. If I just can’t stay away, I may still occasionally post to Twitter @abuaardvark. If not, see y’all in September!
I’m going to be off the grid for most of the next two weeks. Try to get by without me. If I just can’t stay away, I may still occasionally post to Twitter @abuaardvark. If not, see y’all in September!
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. Twitter: @abuaardvark
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