Marc Lynch - The Ghost of Abu Aardvark

State and Regime Violence

I'm thrilled to announce the publication of POMEPS Studies 55: State and Regime Violence. Based on a POMEPS workshop jointly organized with Toby Dodge at LSE's Middle East Centre last fall, and edited and introduced by me, this collection brings together a diverse, top-notch group of

Israel is still killing Gaza.

Why does nobody seems to notice anymore? For the last two months, Israel has maintained a complete blockade preventing food, medicine, and other humanitarian assistance from reaching the remnants of Gaza. Food and supplies stockpiled during the brief ceasefire have mostly run out, warns the World Food Programme, and little

Islamic Media in Egypt

Book review essays and podcasts about new publications on the Middle East are a regular feature of Abu Aardvark's MENA Academy. Two longtime areas of my research focus are Islamist movements and Arab media. Especially before the 2011 Arab uprisings, I published regularly about the transformative effects of

The Ghost of Marco Rubio's Caring About War Crimes

Welcome to The Ghost of Abu Aardvark! I decided to leave Substack because of its well-documented Nazi problem and its consistent promotion of highly objectionable authors and ideas. If you subscribed to the Substack blog, hopefully the transition to Ghost will be smooth and easy; please let me know if