Review of Beyond War, by David Rohde. Washington Post Book World, May 17, 2013.

Colin H. Kahl and Marc Lynch, “U.S. Strategy After the Arab Uprising: Toward Progressive Engagement.” The Washington Quarterly 36, no.2 (spring 2013), 39-60.

My review essay on Amaney Jamal’s Of Empires and Citizens. Foreign Affairs May/June 2013.

Proud to have won the inaugural Outstanding Achievement in International Studies blogging award for “Special Achievement”, defined as “an outstanding contribution to the development, legitimation, and forwarding of international studies blogging.”

My five favorite pop culture FP columns and Abu Aardvark posts over the years:

Red, White and Blue Devils

Jay-Z’s Hegemony in the Age of Kanye

Jay-Z vs the Game: Lessons for American Primacy

Calvinball in Cairo

Green Lantern or the Ultimates?

My favorite responses to Abu Aardvark posts:

Warren Ellis: I’m Being Taught in College… America is Screwed

The Game: “Lynch is Greenland”

Christian Laettner: “Society eventually tires of the superpower!”

Prince Turki al-Faisal: “These words are not accepted in the Gulf.”

Joumana Nammour:

Aday, Sean, Henry Farrell, Deen Freelon, Marc Lynch, John Sides and Michael Dewar. “Watching from Afar: Media Consumption Patterns Around the Arab Spring.” American Behavioral Scientist 57, no.4 (2013).

Syria’s Hard Landing. Center for a New American Security Policy Brief, February 22, 2013.

KCRW To the Point with Warren Onley, February 26, 2013. “Should the U.S. arm Syrian rebels?” Debate with Michael Doran.

Warren Onley’s To the Point, February 8, 2013, on Egypt and Tunisia.

NPR Weekend Edition, February 2, 2013: What could have been done differently in Syria?