Bassel Salloukh
@bassel26.bsky.social
Associate Dean SOSH, Professor & Chair, Politics & IR Program, DI, Editor-in-Chief MELG, & untutorable critic of all things Lebanese: Ubi libertas, ibi patria
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Why did the "massive collapse after the October 2019 protests [fail] to generate commensurate political, ideological, and organizational responses?"
Check out this wonderful new piece by @bassel26.bsky.social
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Check out this wonderful new piece by @bassel26.bsky.social
#Polisky
The Anatomy of Lebanon’s Postwar Integral State: The Political Economy of Cartels and Consent
This essay stretches Antonio Gramsci’s core concept of the integral state to explain an enigma in contemporary Lebanon: why the massive collapse after the October 2019 protests failed to generate c...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Why did the "massive collapse after the October 2019 protests [fail] to generate commensurate political, ideological, and organizational responses?"
Check out this wonderful new piece by @bassel26.bsky.social
#Polisky
Check out this wonderful new piece by @bassel26.bsky.social
#Polisky
My new paper just out: “The Anatomy of Lebanon’s Postwar Integral State: The Political Economy of Cartels and Consent” 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FJEAG...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FJEAG...
The Anatomy of Lebanon’s Postwar Integral State: The Political Economy of Cartels and Consent
This essay stretches Antonio Gramsci’s core concept of the integral state to explain an enigma in contemporary Lebanon: why the massive collapse after the October 2019 protests failed to generate c...
www.tandfonline.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My new paper just out: “The Anatomy of Lebanon’s Postwar Integral State: The Political Economy of Cartels and Consent” 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FJEAG...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FJEAG...
Just out: Pete Moore and @seanyom.bsky.social in conversation with Ezra Karmel about their MELG Roundtable “Reconceptualizing Security and Political Economy in the Modern Middle East," which includes articles on Jordan, Syria and Yemen
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Episode 23 – Militarization in Jordan with Dr. Pete Moore and Dr. Sean Yom
In this episode, Ezra Karmel speaks with Sean Yom and Pete Moore about their recent special issue in MELG,
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June 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Just out: Pete Moore and @seanyom.bsky.social in conversation with Ezra Karmel about their MELG Roundtable “Reconceptualizing Security and Political Economy in the Modern Middle East," which includes articles on Jordan, Syria and Yemen
on.soundcloud.com/CgXZYhR8rgxs...
on.soundcloud.com/CgXZYhR8rgxs...
MELG’s new issue is out! It’s a SI on “Populism in the Arab World” coedited with MELG Editorial Board member @ammars.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
MELG’s new issue is out! It’s a SI on “Populism in the Arab World” coedited with MELG Editorial Board member @ammars.bsky.social
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❤️ to see Winning Lebanon getting good press years later. Thanks @bassel26.bsky.social for reviewing 👏
June 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
❤️ to see Winning Lebanon getting good press years later. Thanks @bassel26.bsky.social for reviewing 👏
Chech out Tamirace Fakhoury’s blog about our new MELG SI on “Concomitant crises and Sectarian Power-Sharing: What’s next for Lebanon?”
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April 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Chech out Tamirace Fakhoury’s blog about our new MELG SI on “Concomitant crises and Sectarian Power-Sharing: What’s next for Lebanon?”
blog.brill.com/display/post...
blog.brill.com/display/post...
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C.L.R. James, interviewed by Stuart Hall, introduction by Phoebe Braithwaite - complete unaired BBC interview from 1976, in The New York Review
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A Microcosm of the World | C.L.R. James, Stuart Hall, Phoebe Braithwaite
In May 1976, the Jamaican-born cultural theorist Stuart Hall sat down in the BBC’s studios in West London to interview the Trinidadian-born intellectual
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December 29, 2024 at 9:54 AM
C.L.R. James, interviewed by Stuart Hall, introduction by Phoebe Braithwaite - complete unaired BBC interview from 1976, in The New York Review
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
requires subscription or free registration to read just this piece
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
requires subscription or free registration to read just this piece
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Civilians in Beirut are heading to seek shelter at the American University of Beirut Hospital amid Israeli evacuation orders in central Beirut. 🇱🇧
(Photo sent by local residents to L'Orient Today)
(Photo sent by local residents to L'Orient Today)
November 26, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Civilians in Beirut are heading to seek shelter at the American University of Beirut Hospital amid Israeli evacuation orders in central Beirut. 🇱🇧
(Photo sent by local residents to L'Orient Today)
(Photo sent by local residents to L'Orient Today)
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This classic work in the history of nationalism argues that the rise of widely available print (esp. newspapers) made it possible for geographically dispersed groups of people to imagine themselves as a roughly coherent entity called "a nation" in which there was an ongoing conversation.
November 23, 2024 at 2:35 AM
This classic work in the history of nationalism argues that the rise of widely available print (esp. newspapers) made it possible for geographically dispersed groups of people to imagine themselves as a roughly coherent entity called "a nation" in which there was an ongoing conversation.
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“Join a labor union, a social movement, a political party, a tenant union, a community organization, a book club. Literally anything is better than sitting at home and scrolling on your phone and getting mad at the news.”
Many protest movements of the past decade have backfired. What would it take for one to succeed under Trump?
Some features of mass protests in the 2010s also held them back – but years of study have made journalist Vincent Bevins believe solidarity and structure can effect change
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November 23, 2024 at 5:19 PM
“Join a labor union, a social movement, a political party, a tenant union, a community organization, a book club. Literally anything is better than sitting at home and scrolling on your phone and getting mad at the news.”
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Marie-Eve Loiselle, Building Walls, Constructing Identities: Legal Discourse and the Creation of National Borders - @stanfordpress.bsky.social, November 2024
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Building Walls, Constructing Identities | Stanford University Press
States are erecting walls at their borders at a pace unmatched in history, and the wall between the United States and Mexico stands as an icon among these dividing structures.
www.sup.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Marie-Eve Loiselle, Building Walls, Constructing Identities: Legal Discourse and the Creation of National Borders - @stanfordpress.bsky.social, November 2024
www.sup.org/books/law/bu...
www.sup.org/books/law/bu...
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The strike killed the regional head of the public civil defense agency. One of his final requests was for a "bio radar" to detect life under rubble.
So many ppl in the region have told me they joined civil protection b/c they didn't want to do politics or join a party; they just wanted to help ppl.
So many ppl in the region have told me they joined civil protection b/c they didn't want to do politics or join a party; they just wanted to help ppl.
‘Israel is trying to terrorise people’: Lebanon’s civil defence reels after deadly strike
After 20 people including 15 first responders killed in Douris, rescuers ask why state service was targeted
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:55 PM
The strike killed the regional head of the public civil defense agency. One of his final requests was for a "bio radar" to detect life under rubble.
So many ppl in the region have told me they joined civil protection b/c they didn't want to do politics or join a party; they just wanted to help ppl.
So many ppl in the region have told me they joined civil protection b/c they didn't want to do politics or join a party; they just wanted to help ppl.
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A year on from the IDF's assault on Gaza's largest hospital, it has yet to provide any compelling evidence to suggest facility was a Hamas HQ, as alleged by Isreal and US. Attack set the tone for a campaign that has since decimated Gaza's medical system. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...
The case of al-Shifa: Investigating the assault on Gaza’s largest hospital
The evidence presented by the Israeli government falls short of showing that Hamas had been using the hospital as a command and control center, a Post analysis shows.
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November 17, 2024 at 12:50 PM
A year on from the IDF's assault on Gaza's largest hospital, it has yet to provide any compelling evidence to suggest facility was a Hamas HQ, as alleged by Isreal and US. Attack set the tone for a campaign that has since decimated Gaza's medical system. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...
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World Bank estimates cost of Israel’s war on Lebanon at $8.5 billion so far.
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New World Bank Report Assesses Impact of Conflict on Lebanon’s Economy and Key Sectors
The cost of physical damages and economic losses due to the conflict in Lebanon is estimated at US$8.5 billion, according to a new World Bank report that provides an initial assessment of the impact o...
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November 15, 2024 at 2:29 PM
World Bank estimates cost of Israel’s war on Lebanon at $8.5 billion so far.
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
My contribution to the new issue of the newsletter of the Democracy and Autocracy section of APSA about my chapter It features the recent book “Making Sense of the Arab State”
November 11, 2024 at 10:16 AM
My contribution to the new issue of the newsletter of the Democracy and Autocracy section of APSA about my chapter It features the recent book “Making Sense of the Arab State”
Steven Heydemann and Marc Lynch, eds., Making Sense of the Arab State (New Texts Out Now) jadaliyya.com/Details/46324 via @jadaliyya.bsky.social
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November 9, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Steven Heydemann and Marc Lynch, eds., Making Sense of the Arab State (New Texts Out Now) jadaliyya.com/Details/46324 via @jadaliyya.bsky.social
“Making Sense of the Arab State” featured in APSA’s Democracy & Autocracy newsletter 👇🏼👇🏼
October 29, 2024 at 7:58 PM
“Making Sense of the Arab State” featured in APSA’s Democracy & Autocracy newsletter 👇🏼👇🏼
My review of Azmi Bishara’s Understanding revolutions: opening acts in Tunisia at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 25, 2024 at 10:54 AM
My review of Azmi Bishara’s Understanding revolutions: opening acts in Tunisia at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
MELG 16.3 (2024) is out and our readers are in for a comprehensive issue, composed of 2 articles, a Roundatble, a Fieldnote and a Case Comment!
October 25, 2024 at 8:50 AM
MELG 16.3 (2024) is out and our readers are in for a comprehensive issue, composed of 2 articles, a Roundatble, a Fieldnote and a Case Comment!
Check out MELG 16.2’s ToC 👇🏼👇🏼
August 15, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Check out MELG 16.2’s ToC 👇🏼👇🏼
Co-authored with @halawi.bsky.social & Janine Clark in & Trying to answer the most difficult question of all: how do radical movement parties birth political change in political economic contexts they reject completely! 🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧
February 23, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Co-authored with @halawi.bsky.social & Janine Clark in & Trying to answer the most difficult question of all: how do radical movement parties birth political change in political economic contexts they reject completely! 🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧
Pleasure to author this with the formidable Lisa Anderson as an Introduction to a GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES SI on “Social Sciences in the Arab World” with many thanks to all the contributors
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February 23, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Pleasure to author this with the formidable Lisa Anderson as an Introduction to a GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES SI on “Social Sciences in the Arab World” with many thanks to all the contributors
online.ucpress.edu/gp/article/5...
online.ucpress.edu/gp/article/5...
من روائع أدب الحرب، الأسبوع الأخير لهالة كوثراني، بقلم: سيد الوكيل
من روائع أدب الحرب، الأسبوع الأخير لهالة كوثراني، بقلم: سيد الوكيل
"بانوراما أدبية: مقالات- سيد الوكيل- الأسبوع الأخير لهالة كوثراني- فنون الكتابة- قصة قصيرة، شعر، رواية، مسرح، سينما، دراما، أفلام، أغاني، فنون، مقالات
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February 11, 2024 at 4:09 PM
من روائع أدب الحرب، الأسبوع الأخير لهالة كوثراني، بقلم: سيد الوكيل
Welcome Research Ethics in the Middle East and North Africa (REMENA) workshop to DI
January 27, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Welcome Research Ethics in the Middle East and North Africa (REMENA) workshop to DI