 He was a senior fellow at the New America Foundation think tank in Washington, D.C., where he directed the Open Markets Program.In August 2017, Lynn was fired and the Open Markets Program terminated by Anne-Marie Slaughter, the President and CEO of New America Foundation.A collective letter signed by 25 New America’s former and current fellows, including prominent journalists such as George Packer of "The New Yorker" and notable scholars such as Evgeny Morozov of Harvard University was delivered to Anne-Marie Slaughter and New America’s directors.