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27 Apr 2022
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Iraq Through the Archives

Iraq Through the Archives

This Must Be the Podcast: Samuel Helfont I'm supposed to be writing a piece about the US-Iran deal, and finding it a bit challenging. Nobody seems to have seen the actual text of the agreement. American and Iranian descriptions of the agreement are diametrically opposed on all

By Marc Lynch 15 Jun 2026
Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East

Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East

I'm pleased to announce the publication of POMEPS Studies 60 Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East. It's based on a workshop I ran with Waleed Hazbun at the University of Alabama a few months ago, and builds on the series of regional international relations projects

By Marc Lynch 08 Jun 2026
Resurgency and Warscape in Iraq

Resurgency and Warscape in Iraq

This Must Be The Podcast: Kali Rubaii Resurgency, by Iraqi-American anthropologist Kali Rubaii, is one of the best books I've read about Middle East politics in the last few years. Based on years of ethnographic research with Iraqi farmers from Anbar, many of them displaced into Iraqi

By Marc Lynch 05 Jun 2026
This Must Be The Podcast: Jason Brownlee

This Must Be The Podcast: Jason Brownlee

Plus two great new reviews of America's Middle East Jason Brownlee joins me on this week's podcast episode to talk about his new book Force Without Authority (Oxford University Press, 2026). Brownlee is well known in the Middle East political science community for his work on

By Marc Lynch 22 May 2026

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