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His new book on the The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of The New Middle East is a concise account of the events which unfolded in 2011 in the Middle East and generally referred as the 'Arab Spring'.As indicated in the title of the book, Lynch refrains from using the term 'Arab Spring' and prefers to call it 'Arab Uprising' instead since he thinks that the term 'Arab Spring' "does not do justice to the nature of the change" (p.9).He emphasizes what has been experienced by the Arab world from December 2010 to March 2011 was revolutionary, but not enough to be named as revolutions.The uprisings during that period have produced mixed results, but there is an ongoing process of structural change.In this vein, Lynch underlines the importance of the events for shaping the regional dynamics as he portrays the region as 'the New Middle East', but he cautions that no matter how revolutionary the developments under the Arab uprising may be, they are 'unfinished'.Then he ties the events of the Arab uprising and its implications on the US foreign policy in the Middle East with the argument that the region will not be the same after the uprisings driven by the 'new Arab public' so should be the US foreign policy.Lynch utilizes social media -twitter and blogs-as sources and cites his extensive experience in blogging since he, himself, is a blogger.His travels to the region during the uprisings constitute his other source of research.Furthermore, his close ties with the Obama administration provides insights based on inside information about the US approach to the events.Simultaneously, Lynch reflects points of view of a security adviser since he advised members of the Obama administration on the revolutions.In addition to being an easy-readable narrative of the events of the Arab uprising, the book well situates the events in the historical context with a cause and effect relationship.Lynch approaches to the Arab uprising as a culmination of a long history of protests Zeynep SÜTALAN
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