The New Middle East

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 1, 2013

Paul Danahar, the BBC's Middle East bureau chief (2010-2013) and the author of The New Middle East: The World After the Arab Spring, discusses his book and the current politics in the region.

→EVENT: Paul Danahar will be reading tonight at the NYU Bookstore, 726 Broadway, at 6 PM.

In WNYC Studio 2: @pdanahar, now BBC DC bureau chief. pic.twitter.com/6MOVsrkHNw
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) October 1, 2013

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