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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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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! 🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧
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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...
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Welcome Research Ethics in the Middle East and North Africa (REMENA) workshop to DI
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Wait for it: “Making Sense of the Arab State” Edited by Steven Heydemann & Marc Lynch, T of C 👇🏼👇🏼 press.umich.edu/Books/M/Maki...
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To members of the Middle East Politics section of the APSA: Please note that nominations for our 4 major awards are due by January 1, 2024! Awards are for Best Book, Best Article, Best Dissertation, and Best APSA Paper. Please log on to Apsanet for the details and good luck!
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To members of the Middle East Politics section of the APSA: Please note that nominations for our 4 major awards are due by January 1, 2024! Awards are for Best Book, Best Article, Best Dissertation, and Best APSA Paper. Please log on to Apsanet for the details and good luck!
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By our very own Mohamed Hemchi عن مفهوم المجتمع الدولي وخيبته المريرة في غزة www.dohainstitute.org/ar/ResearchA...
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As you enjoy your break, consider donating to one of the many organizations delivering aid to Palestinians. Here are some options. ANERA: support.anera.org/a/donate?_gl... PCRF: www.pcrf.net UNRWA: donate.unrwa.org/-landing-pag... Would love to see other suggestions in the replies.
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Defending the Philosophy for Palestine letter: An incisive response by Muhammad Ali Khalidi to Seyla Benhabib's critique/smearing of our letter. On why Benhabib's essay was not only a misrepresentation of our letter, but a dangerous one. Our letter (400+ signed): www.philosophyforpalestine.com
Misrepresenting and Smearing Philosophers for Palestinemedium.com There have been numerous statements by academics on Israel and Palestine since October 7, including one that has now been signed by over…
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A great piece from @separkinson.bsky.social on analogies between the ongoing war in Gaza and the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon - highlighting the folly of believing that disproportionate use of violence can constitute a meaningful "solution" to conflict: www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/ghost...
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@seanyom.bsky.social and I convened a roundtable on politics and ethics of researching conflict, featuring recent books on war and displacement in Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen by @separkinson.bsky.social, @philbrickyadav.bsky.social, Anne Irfan, Kevin Mazur, and Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl. It's 🔥
The APSA MENA Politics Section's Fall newsletter is out! Editors @seanyom.bsky.social Nermin Allam & Gamze Çavdar (Bluesky-less, is that what we're calling it?) & board put together a fantastic issue. See the full issue below, & follow along here for more on this packed issue! polisky menasky
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My belief that Harari was scam artist now augmented by the fact that I think he is also a prick.
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My new report for Century International: Foreign donors are helping keep Lebanon's public institutions and services on life support, in ways many people don't even realize. It's time to talk about this assistance, and its potentially perverse effects. tcf.org/content/repo... menasky
Adopt a Ministry: How Foreign Aid Threatens Lebanon’s Institutionstcf.org Lebanon’s economic crisis has impoverished the country’s people and brought the state to the brink of collapse. Millions of people in Lebanon are
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عن الموقف العربي الرسمي من عملية طوفان الأقصى وما تلاها من عدوان www.dohainstitute.org/ar/ResearchA...
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BRISMES has issued a statement warning of the danger of massive ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank. We are deeply concerned that, under the cover of the Gaza War, the ongoing expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank will intensify. www.brismes.ac.uk/files/docume...
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Excellent and informative interview with Azmi Bishara x.com/alarabytv/st...
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حيدر سعيد: "عن فلسطين.. وعنّا" www.jadaliyya.com/Details/45424
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My daughter is in a NIC unit just like this one. Premature babies in Gaza deserve the same chance to live. Do they deserve it because they voted for Hamas? Stop this madness. Let real humanitarian aid in. Stop this.
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محمود درويش، "تضيق بنا الارض "
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عزمي بشارة: عن التحليق فوق الحصار www.alaraby.co.uk/opinion/%D8%...
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