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Marc Lynch is a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, where he is also… more

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There are a lot more camo clad heavily armed goobers wandering pointlessly around extremely not unsafe parts of DC than there were even last week.
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@abuaardvark.bsky.social will discuss his new book about U.S. policy in the Middle East on Wednesday, November 5 at 12 noon EST @imes-gw.bsky.social.

For more information, and to register, click here: imes.elliott.gwu.edu/events/ameri...

www.spectator.co.uk/article/will...
Will Israel always have America’s backing?
Marc Lynch is angry. The word ‘rage’ appears six times on the first page, and comes in response to Israel’s war in Gaza. This should be sufficient warning to anyone expecting a cool, calm, dispassiona...
www.spectator.co.uk
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by Marc Lynch

abuaardvark.bsky.social
I have this theory that the AI-tech bro faction of the Trump admin thinks they can get rid of FLAS language training because AI automatic translation makes knowing other languages unnecessary. Which is nuts but here we are. It’s probably not that deep, I know, but it’s a hunch.
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 9h
One casualty in the Trump administration’s war on higher education is federal funding for area studies. This harms students, scholars, and U.S. national security.

It also comes at a time in which political science and area studies are more compatible than ever before. Read on for new research!

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Comparative Politics Needs Area Studies, and Area Studies Needs Comparative Politics
If you were a graduate student in political science between 1990 and 2010 or so, you probably experienced some heated debates about the future of area studies and its role in the discipline. This w…
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by Marc Lynch

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Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza
Palestinans are expected to accept the same deal that led to October 7: permanent subjugation under the guise of “prosperity.”
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www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza
Palestinans are expected to accept the same deal that led to October 7: permanent subjugation under the guise of “prosperity.”
www.thenation.com
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"With at least 34 trenches measuring 2 kilometers long, the grave in the Dhumair desert is among the most extensive created during the Syrian civil war, Reuters has found. Witness accounts and the dimensions of the new site suggest that tens of thousands of people could be buried there."
Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds
From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing
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tompepinsky.com
One casualty in the Trump administration’s war on higher education is federal funding for area studies. This harms students, scholars, and U.S. national security.

It also comes at a time in which political science and area studies are more compatible than ever before. Read on for new research!

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Comparative Politics Needs Area Studies, and Area Studies Needs Comparative Politics
If you were a graduate student in political science between 1990 and 2010 or so, you probably experienced some heated debates about the future of area studies and its role in the discipline. This w…
tompepinsky.com
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by Marc Lynch

abuaardvark.bsky.social
Philadelphia: come see my very first US book talk for America’s Middle East next Tuesday 10/21 at @perryworldhouse.bsky.social at Penn. Looking forward to the discussion!

perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/events/book-...
Book Talk | America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region - Perry World House
For more than 30 years, the Middle East has played a pivotal role in U.S. foreign policy, including the regional Gulf War and conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and beyond. Despite promises to bring sta...
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu
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Young Americans - Democrats and Republicans, Jews and Evangelicals - have turned away from Israel. That will change US politics for a generation

GIFT LINK: bloom.bg/46QgNOO

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The Gaza Ceasefire Won’t Win Back Young Americans for Israel
Huzzah, hosanna and hallelujah: To US President Donald Trump for brokering a ceasefire that could, possibly, mark the beginnings of peace between Israelis and Palestinians. To the hostages and their f...
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“Morocco’s youth are voicing their dissent over the state of health care and education in the country. The government should heed protesters’ calls and replace repressive tactics with public engagement and wide-ranging reforms.” @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Morocco: Protests Met with Repression, Violence
Moroccan authorities have cracked down on youth-led protests demanding sweeping reforms to public services, resulting in deaths and mass arrests.
www.hrw.org
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by Marc Lynch

abuaardvark.bsky.social
Oh hey they finally found some campus antisemitism bet they get on that right away
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Politico @politico.com · 1d
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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by Marc Lynch

abuaardvark.bsky.social
“The Dodgers payroll is significantly higher than the Brewers, at approximately $350 million compared to the Brewers' approximately $115 million for the 2025 season.”

by Marc Lynch

abuaardvark.bsky.social
Thankful for Gasa ceasefire, hope it holds. It can’t make us whitewash or forget the almost unimaginable killing, starvation, displacement and physical destruction Israel inflicted on Palestinians with full US support over the last two years. It’s insane and immoral to expect people to just move on.
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by Marc Lynch

abuaardvark.bsky.social
Good riddance. Total and deeply cynical fiasco from the start.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 18h
Gaza deal’s secret humanitarian annex omits GHF, which isn’t poised for postwar role

www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-deals-s...
Gaza deal’s secret humanitarian annex omits GHF, which isn’t poised for postwar role
Document says 'other organizations' to assist in aid distribution but the US- and Israel-backed group not slated to be among them, as it runs out of funds and its leader departs
www.timesofisrael.com
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by Marc Lynch

abuaardvark.bsky.social
“As Israeli troops pulled back last week to facilitate a deal that freed the living hostages still held in Gaza Hamas surged security forces in behind them—a public assertion of authority intended to make clear the group remains the enclave’s governing power.” Well yeah.
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After Israeli Withdrawal, Hamas Launches Violent Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza
Firefights and public executions have spread fear and raised concerns about a spiral of internecine violence. “I could hear gunfire all around.”
www.wsj.com
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There will always be something to prompt Israel to decide to restrict aid.
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Gaza deal’s secret humanitarian annex omits GHF, which isn’t poised for postwar role

www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-deals-s...
Gaza deal’s secret humanitarian annex omits GHF, which isn’t poised for postwar role
Document says 'other organizations' to assist in aid distribution but the US- and Israel-backed group not slated to be among them, as it runs out of funds and its leader departs
www.timesofisrael.com
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by Marc Lynch

abuaardvark.bsky.social
Key graf which will come back to haunt: “negotiating an agreement focused on the narrower issues of a cease-fire and hostage and prisoner exchange was more attainable than pushing for a grand deal that dealt with difficult questions.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/w...
‘A Big Day’: How the U.S. and the Arab World Teamed Up to Seal the Gaza Deal
www.nytimes.com
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972mag.com
Israel’s hostage protest movement finally prevails — against its own government

As those who fought for their release celebrate, the Israeli government is seeking to recast itself as the hostages’ savior despite abandoning them for two years.

www.972mag.com/israel-hosta...
Israel’s hostage protest movement prevails against its government
As those who fought for their release celebrate, the government seeks to recast itself as the hostages’ savior despite abandoning them for two years.
www.972mag.com
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"it would not surprise me at all if we saw a kind of exodus over the next several years, just because people have to live. They will go wherever they are allowed to go."

Khaled Elgindy spoke to Isaac Chotiner about Gaza

www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Why Hamas Agreed to Release the Hostages
And why it might not matter much for Gaza’s future, or for Palestinian statehood.
www.newyorker.com
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No world war. No oil shock. No rally-around-the-flag. Just a reckoning for Tehran.
The 12 Days of War That Didn’t Ignite the Middle East or the World
For decades, predictions about a war with Iran carried an air of inevitability: Analysts warned a conflict would close the ranks of the Iranian military
warontherocks.com
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thenewarab.bsky.social
The Southern Transitional Council has said that if it achieves independence for the south, it would join the Abraham Accords with Israel ⬇️
The STC is courting Israel in its drive for secession in Yemen
The Southern Transitional Council has said that if it achieves independence for the south, it would join the Abraham Accords with Israel
www.newarab.com
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Here’s what the difference looks like between a neighborhood very heavily damaged by airpower and combat (left) and one razed fully by earthmovers (center and right, the signature IDF tactic since March).

Once the earthmovers have been through, the shadows disappear on overhead imagery.
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If this $53 billion estimate is from February, it’s from before a very large proportion of the most methodical IDF destruction of urban Gazan neighborhoods
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Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Gaza ceasefire will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ aje.io/mbmr4o
South Africa says ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire
President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard.
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Reposted by Marc Lynch, Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele , and 26 more

politico.com
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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Final call!

Submit your abstracts by tomorrow, Oct 15, to present a paper in the Spring.

Please share with PhD students/postdocs/ECRs working on MENA.

Our virtual workshops are a great opportunity to get feedback, network, and turn a paper into a publication.

Apply: pomeps.org/call-for-app...
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I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.
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After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...
www.bloomberg.com
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