Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر
@gilbert-achcar.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor @ SOAS, University of London. Multilingual account, mainly about my publications and activities. More postings on X @gilbertachcar Website: https://gilbert-achcar.net/
"Optimism is the belief that the best outcome will happen. Hope is the belief that a better outcome is possible, with no guarantee attached. I keep hoping, while recognising that today the balance of evidence weighs heavily toward pessimism."
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر@gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 4d ago9/11: A Quarter Century of Imperial War On the legacy of the War on Terror, the Arab Spring's defeat, and the Gaza genocide www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
My contribution to Jacobin's new issue: Reasons of Empire John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt blamed Israel for America’s Middle Eastern fiascos. But from Iraq to Iran, Washington has had its own reasons for war in the Gulf. jacobin.com/2026/09/reas...
Reasons of Empire
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt blamed Israel for America’s Middle Eastern fiascos. But from Iraq to Iran, Washington has had its own reasons for war in the Gulf.
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Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social · 4d agoA declining empire can grow more violent, not less. From Iran to Cuba and Venezuela, Trump has made US power more brazen — but the system runs deeper than one president. Our fall issue examines “precision warfare,” sanctions, NATO, and dollar power: jacobin.com/issue/the-new-empire
Here we go again! A hugely disproportionate deluge of media commiseration with the victims of 9/11... Another opportunity to recall what I wrote about it soon after, in my book The Clash of Barbarisms, describing it as "narcissistic compassion". gilbert-achcar.net/narcissistic...
Ukraine, Africa, and Narcissistic Compassion | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر
Last Wednesday, 3rd of May, Ishaan Tharoor, the brilliant Washington Post columnist, gave his daily newsletter a title that was particularly attention-grabbing: “The death toll in Ukraine is huge. It ...
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9/11: A Quarter Century of Imperial War On the legacy of the War on Terror, the Arab Spring's defeat, and the Gaza genocide www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
9/11: A Quarter Century of Imperial War - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Socialist scholar Gilbert Achcar on the legacy of the War on Terror, the Arab Spring's defeat, and the Gaza genocide
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On the impact of 9/11: "The Iraq War shattered the promise of a new world order" qantara.de/en/node/44749
Gilbert Achcar on the impact of 9/11: "The Iraq War shattered the promise of a new world order" | Qantara.de
The attacks of 11 September 2001 fundamentally altered US foreign policy and triggered a series of wars that have reshaped the Middle East. 25 years on, Gilbert Achcar reflects on the US response to 9...
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Comment le gouvernement libanais est tombé dans le piège de Trump ? Un entretien réalisé le 6 juillet et publié hier www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVun...
Prof. Gilbert Achcar : Comment le gouvernement libanais est tombé dans le piège de Trump ?
YouTube video by ObservActu TV
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This great review of The Arabs and the Holocaust was initially published in 2011 in Das Argument. The magazine Overton has just republished it: overton-magazin.de/top-story/di...
Die Araber und die Shoah
Diese Rezension ist bereits 2011 erschienen. Sie hat gleichwohl nichts von ihrer Relevanz und Aktualität verloren.
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Wonderful comment by Icaria editorial on their edition of The Gaza Catastrophe -- "Because Gaza is not just Gaza. It is a warning." icariaeditorial.com/inicio/4882-...
La catástrofe de Gaza | Icaria Editorial | Gilbert Achcar
Ensayo crítico sobre Gaza y el conflicto palestino-israelí: Israel, Hamas y Occidente bajo análisis en una reflexión sobre guerra y geopolítica.
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Der Angriff des 7. Oktobers basierte auf einer katastrophalen Fehleinschätzung, sagt Nahost-Experte Gilbert Achcar. Im Gespräch über sein neues Buch »Der lange Weg nach Gaza« analysiert er die Zerstörung Palästinas und den Bankrott der liberalen Weltordnung.
»Widerstand ist legitim, aber nicht jedes Mittel ist rational oder produktiv«
Der Angriff des 7. Oktobers basierte auf einer katastrophalen Fehleinschätzung, sagt Nahost-Experte Gilbert Achcar. Im Gespräch über sein neues Buch »Der lange Weg nach Gaza« analysiert er die Zerstörung Palästinas und den Bankrott der liberalen Weltordnung.
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*Les guerres de l’empire américain au Moyen-Orient* Mon prochain ouvrage à paraître en français en octobre, et en anglais au printemps 2027. ladispute.fr/catalogue/le...
*La "nazification" des Palestiniens et de leurs soutiens* Entretien paru dans un ouvrage récemment publié en allemand, Trümmer auf Trümmer, et réalisé par les éditeurs. Version originale anglaise de l'entretien: jacobin.com/2026/06/gaza... www.yaani.fr/2026/07/13/l...
Gaza Was the Last Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Atlanticism
Since the end of the Cold War, European and US liberals have claimed to defend a “rules-based international order.” Often a fiction, even the pretense has now vanished under the rubble of Gaza.
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Trump II et les guerres au Moyen-Orient Crise de l’ordre international et fragmentation du Sud global (article et vidéo) - Centre tricontinental @cetri-be.bsky.social www.cetri.be/Trump-II-et-...
Trump II et les guerres au Moyen-Orient : crise de l'ordre international et fragmentation du Sud global – Centre tricontinental
Entretien avec Gilbert Achcar mené par Laurent Delcourt (CETRI) Depuis la fin de la Guerre froide, les États-Unis façonnent le Moyen-Orient par des interventions militaires et un alignement avec…
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The 'Rules-Based Order' Died in Gaza A conversation on the ongoing situation in the Middle East on the occasion of the launch of the German edition of my book on Gaza. On Nullpunkt – with Hanno Hauenstein (in English) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX7y...
Gilbert Achcar: The 'Rules-Based Order' Died in Gaza
YouTube video by Nullpunkt – mit Hanno Hauenstein
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The far-right AfD is trying to prevent the holding of this Berlin conference in which I am due to take part tomorrow and the day after: take-back-the-future.com/programm/ Here is the organisers' Instagram statement to be shared widely: www.instagram.com/p/DZaP1PGNWYU/
Programm -
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الكاتب والباحث السياسي جلبير الأشقر ضيف برنامج #المقابلة مع علي الظفيري الأحد في 7/06/2026 على شاشة #الجزيرة 2 (فيديو الحلقة الكاملة) www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
المقابلة | الكاتب والباحث السياسي جلبير الأشقر
YouTube video by AlJazeera Arabic قناة الجزيرة
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On the "nazification" of the Palestinians and the instrumentalization of antisemitism in quelling Palestine solidarity -- the German case in particular.
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر@gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 3mo agoGaza Was the Last Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Atlanticism >An interview published in German in Trümmer auf Trümmer, a collection on the so-called Staatsräson, which served to justify the German state’s support for Israel and repression of the pro-Palestine movement. jacobin.com/2026/06/gaza...
A Review of Gaza Catastrophe on CounterPunch I thank @NatCounterPunch and the reviewer Salam Mir (no presentation provided, alas) for this new review. Mir's critical observation is fair enough. It obviously stems from a perspective I don't subscribe to. www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/05/g...
Gaza Catastrophe
Gaza Catastrophe is a highly-researched analytical document of the ongoing Israel’s Genocide of Gaza that had begun on October 2023. It is a timely
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Glad to announce the release of the Spanish edition of my book on Gaza: icariaeditorial.com/inicio/4882-... It's the 6th language until now (see "Books" on my website). Soon to come out: Arabic and Portuguese (Brazil)
La catástrofe de Gaza | Icaria Editorial | Gilbert Achcar
Ensayo crítico sobre Gaza y el conflicto palestino-israelí: Israel, Hamas y Occidente bajo análisis en una reflexión sobre guerra y geopolítica.
icariaeditorial.com
Gaza Was the Last Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Atlanticism >An interview published in German in Trümmer auf Trümmer, a collection on the so-called Staatsräson, which served to justify the German state’s support for Israel and repression of the pro-Palestine movement. jacobin.com/2026/06/gaza...
Gaza Was the Last Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Atlanticism
Since the end of the Cold War, European and US liberals have claimed to defend a “rules-based international order.” Often a fiction, even the pretense has now vanished under the rubble of Gaza.
jacobin.com
Briser le triangle complicité - négation - impunité : revenir au droit international Le colloque du 21 mai dernier, organisé par @gabriellecthl.bsky.social à l'Assemblée nationale (mon exposé va de 2:27:15 à 2:48:30). www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6m...
[COLLOQUE] Briser le triangle complicité - négation - impunité : revenir au droit international
YouTube video by Gabrielle Cathala
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Hijacked. Whatever Happened to Holocaust Memory? Berlin, Volksbühne, 8 June 2026 www.berlin.de/tickets/verm...
THE MOST BOTCHED IMPERIAL WAR On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank sit down with Gilbert Achcar to discuss Israel, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, and the most botched US war ever. www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/22/t...
The Most Botched Imperial War w/ Gilbert Achcar
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank sit down with Gilbert Achcar to discuss Israel, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, and the
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La raccolta di saggi che Achcar propone in questo volume ci porta quindi nel cuore di tenebra delle democrazie occidentali, nel lato in ombra di qualsiasi pensiero illuminista, umanista, democratico e liberale soggiogato alla logica atroce del capitale. www.carmillaonline.com/2026/05/18/g...
Gaza: profilo storico di un genocidio perpetrato con il consenso dell’Occidente
di Paolo Lago Gilbert Achcar, Gaza, genocidio annunciato. La catastrofe palestinese in una prospettiva storica [...]
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Why is there a surge in antisemitism? The past two years have seen a surge in antisemitism. Tackling this matter requires making the correct diagnosis as to the root cause of the phenomenon. gilbert-achcar.net/surge-in-ant...
Why is there a surge in antisemitism? | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر
The past two years have seen a surge in antisemitism: beyond the general increase in manifestations of racism of all kinds, there has been a specific surge in dramatic attacks targeting Jews as such. ...
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Great moments last week in Berlin, with a talk I gave on Wednesday at the opening session of Marx is Muss (organised by Marx21) and the next day the launch of the German edition of my Gaza book, just released. Hundreds of mostly young participants.
Coalition des Résistances Artistiques, Culturelles et Scientifiques Tribune publiée aujourd'hui dans Libération: coalition-cracs.org/tribune/ Signataires: coalition-cracs.org
Juillet 2024 : "Il est fort à craindre que Starmer, avec sa politique droitière et sa volonté de tout faire pour plaire au grand capital, ne finisse par faire le lit de Farage et de son Reform UK, tout comme Macron a fait celui du tandem Le Pen-Bardella." blogs.mediapart.fr/gilbert-achc...
Le succès de Starmer prouve-t-il que la gauche doit se « recentrer » ?
« La victoire écrasante remportée par le Labour sous la direction de Keir Starmer à l’élection parlementaire britannique du 4 juillet est la preuve que, pour gagner, la gauche doit se recentrer ». Te…
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Starmer's renewed attempt to instrumentalize antisemitism in order to further stifle Palestine solidarity is the miserable stratagem of a PM on the ropes. On the meaning of "globalize the intifada", see my reply to Eva Illouz here: orientxxi.info/Anti-Zionism...
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر@gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 4mo agoAt a time when the Starmer government intends to instrumentalize antisemitism yet again to launch a new attack on the right to express solidarity with the Palestinians, here are "the UK’s most senior progressive rabbis" hitting the nail on the head: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
«Non à la guerre d’agression, et non au régime iranien» Mon intervention à la réunion publique «pour l’arrêt de la guerre en Iran et au Moyen-Orient», organisée par la CGT, la FSU, l’Union syndicale Solidaires et SSTI à Paris. alencontre.org/ameriques/am...
«Non à la guerre d’agression, et en même temps non au régime iranien» – A l'encontre
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Here we go again! A miserable attempt to curtail solidarity with the Palestinians and Lebanese under the pretext of fighting antisemitism -- as if it were the protests rather than Israel's onslaughts that incited idiotic criminal attacks on British Jews. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Protests may need to be stopped in some cases, Keir Starmer suggests
The PM tells the BBC he is concerned about the
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