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Informationen zum Autor Marc Lynch is 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 nonresident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and a contributing editor at the Monkey Cage blog for the Washington Post . He is the codirector of the Blogs and Bullets project at the US Institute of Peace. He formerly launched and edited the Middle East Channel on ForeignPolicy.com. His book, The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East , was called "the most illuminating and, for policymakers, the most challenging" book yet written on the topic by the Economist . His other books include Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq Al-Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today , selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Book, and State Interests and Public Spheres: The International Politics of Jordan's Identity . Follow him on Twitter @abuaardvark. Klappentext Informed by inside access to the Obama administration's decision-making process and a wealth of knowledge about youth activists and Islamists alike, "The Arab Uprising" is a necessary guide to the changing lay of the land in the Middle East and North Africa. The director of George Washington University's Institute for Middle East Studies recounts how a series of unremarkable protests exploded into the Arab Spring, why a new Cold War between revolution and counter-revolution is brewing, and what side America must take. Zusammenfassung The director of George Washington University's Institute for Middle East Studies recounts how a series of unremarkable protests exploded into the Arab Spring, why a new Cold War between revolution and counter-revolution is brewing, and what side America must take.