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Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر
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Emeritus Professor @ SOAS, University of London.
Multilingual account solely dedicated to informing about my publications and activities. More postings on X @gilbertachcar
Website: https://gilbert-achcar.net/

Gilbert Achcar is a Lebanese socialist academic and writer. He is a Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. .. more

Political science 68%
Sociology 22%
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The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective
Recording of my book launch lecture at SOAS
(5 Nov 2025)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Ab...
The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective | Book Launch at SOAS
YouTube video by SOAS University of London
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Changer le régime ou le vassaliser
Il faut avoir une mémoire très sélective pour voir dans l’enlèvement de M. Nicolás Maduro, le « retour » de Washington à une politique « impérialiste » qui n’aurait plus eu cours.
@monde-diplomatique.fr
www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2026/02/ACHC...
Changer le régime ou le vassaliser
En kiosques // par Gilbert Achcar (février 2026)
www.monde-diplomatique.fr

Les Kurdes et le régime syrien
Les développements récents dans le nord de la Syrie – en particulier à l’est de l’Euphrate – ont de graves implications tant pour la condition kurde que pour la situation syrienne en général.
blogs.mediapart.fr/gilbert-achc...

The Kurds and the Syrian Regime
Recent developments in northern Syria – particularly east of the Euphrates – carry grave implications for both the Kurdish condition and the broader Syrian situation.
gilbert-achcar.net/kurds-and-sy...
The Kurds and the Syrian Regime | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر
Recent developments in northern Syria – particularly east of the Euphrates – carry grave implications for both the Kurdish condition and the broader Syrian situation.
gilbert-achcar.net

¿Qué impulsa a los integristas musulmanes?
Un mesa redonda celebrada en 1986 con Maxime Rodinson, Mohammed Harbi, Burhan Ghalioun y Gilbert Achcar.
vientosur.info/que-impulsa-...
¿Qué impulsa a los integristas musulmanes? (1986) - Viento Sur
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vientosur.info

Reimagining and Rebuilding Palestine
I will be delivering the keynote speech at this conference taking place at the University of Cyprus on 30/31 January
www.ucy.ac.cy/fhs/wp-conte...

Reposted by Gilbert Achcar

Reposted by Gilbert Achcar

If you had issues with permanent membership of UN Security Council based on post-1945 world powers configuration, you'll be relieved to know that @real(estate)DonaldTrump has devised a much fairer rule: permanent membership to states paying over $1 billion!
apnews.com/article/gaza...
$1 billion gets a permanent seat on Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza, as India and others invited
At least eight more countries say the United States has invited them to join President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace overseeing next steps for Gaza.
apnews.com