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The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East
Author(s): Dr. Marc LynchType of Publication: BookDate: 03/27/2012In The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East, Dr. Marc Lynch, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at CNAS and Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, discusses one of the most fundamental changes throughout the history of the modern Middle East: the empowerment of a new generation of Arabs who reject the world they inherited.
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The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East
Date:
March 27, 2012
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
The W Hotel
515 15th Street NW
(enter on F Street between 14th and 15th Streets)
Washington, DC 20004
On March 27, 2012, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted the book launch for The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East by Dr. Marc Lynch, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at CNAS and Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Dr. Lynch discussed one of the most fundamental changes throughout the history of the modern Middle East: the empowerment of a new generation of Arabs who reject the world they inherited. Hisham Melhem, Washington Bureau Chief for al-Arabiya, interviewed Dr. Lynch, followed by Q&A with the audience.
In The Arab Uprising, Dr. Lynch examines the emerging regional landscape in the Middle East, one in which, he argues, the old heavyweights - Iran, al Qaeda, even Israel - have all been disempowered, and nations like Saudi Arabia are powering a new cold war. Dr. Lynch highlights the new fault lines that are forming between forces of revolution and counter-revolution and shows what it all means for the future of U.S. foreign policy. Deeply informed by inside access to the Obama administration's decisionmaking process and first-hand interviews with protestors, politicians, diplomats and journalists, The Arab Uprising is an unprecedented and indispensible guide to the changing lay of the land in the Middle East and North Africa.
Date & Time
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
5:30-6:00 p.m.: Guest registration and book sales
6:00-7:15 p.m.: Moderated discussion followed by Q&A
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
5:30-6:00 p.m.: Guest registration and book sales
6:00-7:15 p.m.: Moderated discussion followed by Q&A
7:15-8:30 p.m.: Book-signing cocktail reception
About the Speakers
Dr. Marc Lynch is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security and Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. His most recent book, Voices of the New Arab Public, was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Dr. Lynch writes frequently on Arab media, public diplomacy, Islamist movements, Iraq and Middle East politics for journals such as Foreign Affairs and Middle East Policy, as well as at the widely-read Middle East politics blog Abu Aardvark at Foreign Policy magazine.
About the Speakers
Dr. Marc Lynch is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security and Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. His most recent book, Voices of the New Arab Public, was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Dr. Lynch writes frequently on Arab media, public diplomacy, Islamist movements, Iraq and Middle East politics for journals such as Foreign Affairs and Middle East Policy, as well as at the widely-read Middle East politics blog Abu Aardvark at Foreign Policy magazine.
Hisham Melhem
is the Washington bureau chief of Al-Arabiya,
the Dubai based satellite channel. He is also the correspondent for Annahar, the leading
Lebanese daily. For four years he hosted Across the Ocean, a weekly current affairs
program on U.S.-Arab relations for Al-Arabiya.
Mr. Melhem speaks regularly on U.S.-Arab relations, political
Islam, intra-Arab relations, Arab-Israeli issues, media in the Arab world, Arab
images in American media and U.S. public policies and the Arab world. Mr.
Melhem has interviewed many American and international public figures,
including Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
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Dr. Marc Lynch
Non-Resident Senior FellowDr. Marc Lynch is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He received his B.A. in political science from Duke University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in government from Cornell University.
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