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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/americas-middle-east-the-ruination-
 of-a-region-a-conversation-with-professor-marc-lynch/
SUMMARY:America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region: A Conversation 
 with Professor Marc Lynch
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 nMiddle East Policy Forum &amp\; Elliott School Book Launch Series\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11/05/2025 | 12:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Mi
 ddle East Policy Forum\, in collaboration with the Elliott School Book Lau
 nch Series\, is proud to host Professor Marc Lynch as he speaks about hi
 s forthcoming book\, America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region.\
 n\nAfter Hamas’ shocking 2023 attack on Israel\, the United States stood
  firmly behind Israel’s near-genocidal war on Gaza\, despite widespread 
 moral outrage and significant damage to Washington’s global agenda. But 
 Gaza is only the latest paradox in thirty-five years of Middle East policy
 . How did this pattern develop\, why can’t policymakers learn from repea
 ted Middle Eastern calamities\, and what does Gaza’s destruction mean fo
 r America’s place in the world?\n\nProfessor Marc Lynch charts the Unite
 d States’ disastrously failed approach to the post–Cold War Middle Eas
 t\, where aspirations for U.S. leadership and a calm region have only prod
 uced war\, instability\, and humanitarian catastrophe. Professor Lynch exp
 oses the failure of each president’s efforts to transform the Middle Eas
 t in America’s image\, or pivot away from the region\; Washington’s re
 fusal to take seriously the views of Middle Easterners\; and its fantasy o
 f forging a regional order ‘without’ the Palestinian issue.\n\nMoving 
 between American politics and Middle Eastern realities\, this incisive acc
 ount explains why U.S. policy has not changed despite its horrifying human
  costs\, from Iraq\, Lebanon and Syria to Iran\, Yemen and Libya.\n\nYou c
 an participate in the conversation with Professor Marc Lynch in-person or 
 virtually. The event is open to the public and the media.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\
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CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Talk,Foreign Policy
LOCATION:Elliott School of International Affairs\, 1957 E St NW\, Washingto
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