Gregor Nazarian

Bio

Gregor graduated in 2009 from Yale University, where he studied the history of the Middle East and American foreign policy. He spent two years in Lebanon teaching high school social studies and is now pursuing an MA in Arab Studies at Georgetown.

TIME Person of the Year 2012: Why it Should Be Nate Silver of the New York Times

By Gregor Nazarian

Nate Silver had a good year. After correctly predicting the winner in 50 of 50 states in the presidential election and 31 of 33 Senate races, he was trumpeted by breathless bloggers as the “real winner” of the election. He released a book, The…

Manufactured Obama "Not Optimal" Gaffe Distracts From Escalating Drone War

By Gregor Nazarian

Conservative commentators have seized on President Obama's Thursday appearance on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, lambasting him for minimizing the killings of four Americans as "not optimal." This is an entirely manufactured “gaffe” based on a…

Absurd Parallels Between Herman Cain and Bibi Netanyahu

By Gregor Nazarian

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s remark that he would require any Muslims serving in his administration to take a loyalty oath may seem absurd in this country, but this type of oath is still a real political issue in Israel. When the…

Hezbollah Democracy: The Ballot and the Bullet

By Gregor Nazarian

In the midst of the recent upheaval in Tunisia and Egypt, Lebanon experienced something of a revolution of its own. Hezbollah and its March 8 coalition brought down Saad Hariri’s government in January by withdrawing their ten ministers, then secured…