Marc Lynch is a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, where he is also director of both the Institute for Middle East Studies and the Middle East Studies Program.
He is best known for coining the term Arab Spring in an article for the US political journal Foreign Policy.
Publications
1999: State Interest and Public Spheres: the International Politics of Jordan's Identity, a study of Jordanian society and politics (New York: Columbia University Press).
September/October 2007: "Brothers in Arms: Memo to the Muslim Brotherhood on How to Talk to America". Foreign Policy.
2007: Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq, al-Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today (Columbia Univ. Pr.).