Waleed Hazbun
@whazbun.bsky.social
IR and Middle East Studies Prof. at the University of Alabama. Mid East & East Med geopolitics, US foreign policy, Tourism & ✈️ Visiting Scholar, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2024-25).
Some analysis on Qatar’s relationship with the Trump administration and the Gaza ceasefire plan arabcenterdc.org/resource/qat...
Qatar Copes with Trump’s Middle East Vision
Among Arab states, perhaps none faces a more complex challenge in managing relations with President Donald Trump than Qatar. Ironically, Doha’s deepening partnership with the Trump administration has ...
arabcenterdc.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Some analysis on Qatar’s relationship with the Trump administration and the Gaza ceasefire plan arabcenterdc.org/resource/qat...
Giving a talk at Boston University this Thursday’s: American Illusions of Regional Order & the Emergence of Turbulence in MENA For details, see: www.eventbrite.com/e/american-i...
American Illusions of Regional Order & the Emergence of Turbulence in MENA
Join us for a talk with Waleed Hazbun (University of Alabama).
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September 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Giving a talk at Boston University this Thursday’s: American Illusions of Regional Order & the Emergence of Turbulence in MENA For details, see: www.eventbrite.com/e/american-i...
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Rethinking IR Conference, June 13-14, 2026 at University of the Peloponnese, Greece. The deadline for abstract submission is 5 October 2025.
Rethinking International Relations in Times of Global Transformation | H-Net
Rethinking International Relations in Times of Global TransformationInternational ConferenceDepartment of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese, Greece
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September 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Rethinking IR Conference, June 13-14, 2026 at University of the Peloponnese, Greece. The deadline for abstract submission is 5 October 2025.
La spirale de militarisation de la politique des États-Unis vis-à-vis du Moyen-Orient. A French translation of a memo for the @prismeorg.bsky.social project directed by @esoubrier.bsky.social shs.cairn.info/revue-conflu...
La spirale de militarisation de la politique des États-Unis vis-à-vis du Moyen-Orient
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shs.cairn.info
September 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
La spirale de militarisation de la politique des États-Unis vis-à-vis du Moyen-Orient. A French translation of a memo for the @prismeorg.bsky.social project directed by @esoubrier.bsky.social shs.cairn.info/revue-conflu...
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The ghost of James Baldwin?
August 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The ghost of James Baldwin?
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What it’s like to be a Middle East Studies Professor in fall 2025 - my new post surveys the field, and my colleagues.
Basically it sucks and it’s getting worse. But we haven’t given up.
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/what-its-lik...
Basically it sucks and it’s getting worse. But we haven’t given up.
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/what-its-lik...
What it's like to be a Middle East Studies professor in 2025
Basically, it sucks.
Last week, Tuft's Dan Drezner and my GW colleague Dave Karpf published really good pieces on what it's like to be, respectively, a dean of international affairs and a professor o...
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
August 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What it’s like to be a Middle East Studies Professor in fall 2025 - my new post surveys the field, and my colleagues.
Basically it sucks and it’s getting worse. But we haven’t given up.
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/what-its-lik...
Basically it sucks and it’s getting worse. But we haven’t given up.
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/what-its-lik...
Reposted by Waleed Hazbun
The Project on Middle East Political Science is pleased to announce POMEPS Studies 56: Regional Order Making after October 7. Download the full PDF here: pomeps.org/pomeps-studi...
POMEPS Studies 56: Regional Order Making after October 7 - Project on Middle East Political Science
In December 2024, we convened a workshop at the Robert Schuman Center of the European University Institute in partnership with POMEPS and SEPAD to discuss these regional changes and their meaning for ...
pomeps.org
July 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The Project on Middle East Political Science is pleased to announce POMEPS Studies 56: Regional Order Making after October 7. Download the full PDF here: pomeps.org/pomeps-studi...
As we enter another peak season, re-posting this essay.. “Tourism Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean: Overtourism, Geopolitical Conflicts and Sustainability”https://www.iemed.org/publication/tourism-challenges-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-overtourism-geopolitical-conflicts-and-sustainability/
Tourism Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean: Overtourism, Geopolitical Conflicts and Sustainability
The “overtourism” is leading to changes in the tourism experience, while making domestic access to tourism more difficult. It also highlights the drawbacks for all states, even when successful, of pro...
www.iemed.org
July 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
As we enter another peak season, re-posting this essay.. “Tourism Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean: Overtourism, Geopolitical Conflicts and Sustainability”https://www.iemed.org/publication/tourism-challenges-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-overtourism-geopolitical-conflicts-and-sustainability/
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I wrote about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's campaign used the oldest & most powerful form of political propaganda. And no, it's not vertical videos
newrepublic.com/article/1973...
newrepublic.com/article/1973...
The Secret Ingredient to Zohran Mamdani’s Success
The way to New York voters’ hearts is through their stomachs.
newrepublic.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I wrote about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's campaign used the oldest & most powerful form of political propaganda. And no, it's not vertical videos
newrepublic.com/article/1973...
newrepublic.com/article/1973...
Reposted by Waleed Hazbun
Thanks @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for letting me add an afterword for my book to take into account the 12 days of open Israel-Iran war and the underwhelming US bombing of Fordo, and the ongoing moral atrocity inflicted on Gaza, but god it’s all so grim.
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/america...
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/america...
America's Middle East | Hurst Publishers
From the Gulf War to Gaza, a compelling critique of how and why Washington ensnared itself so destructively in the Middle East.
www.hurstpublishers.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Thanks @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for letting me add an afterword for my book to take into account the 12 days of open Israel-Iran war and the underwhelming US bombing of Fordo, and the ongoing moral atrocity inflicted on Gaza, but god it’s all so grim.
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/america...
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/america...
I was interviewed in English but this BBC story about the history of US interventions is in Spanish www.bbc.com/portuguese/a...
Quatro exemplos históricos que mostram riscos do intervencionismo dos EUA no Oriente Médio - BBC News Brasil
A história mostra que momentos em que Washington interveio na região para "resolver" um problema, nem tudo saiu conforme o planejado.
www.bbc.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I was interviewed in English but this BBC story about the history of US interventions is in Spanish www.bbc.com/portuguese/a...
Off to visit the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and the Peloponnese… listening to podcast about the Iliad, hubris and the horrors of war.
June 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Off to visit the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and the Peloponnese… listening to podcast about the Iliad, hubris and the horrors of war.
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Our first episode is out! @ayoub.bsky.social and @joyfulcarla.bsky.social on what Star Trek means to them and why they decided to start a podcast on the political importance of storytelling.
Out wherever you get your podcasts.
To support us and get perks: www.patreon.com/posts/1-lets...
Out wherever you get your podcasts.
To support us and get perks: www.patreon.com/posts/1-lets...
May 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Our first episode is out! @ayoub.bsky.social and @joyfulcarla.bsky.social on what Star Trek means to them and why they decided to start a podcast on the political importance of storytelling.
Out wherever you get your podcasts.
To support us and get perks: www.patreon.com/posts/1-lets...
Out wherever you get your podcasts.
To support us and get perks: www.patreon.com/posts/1-lets...