Gilbert Achcar (born 1951 in Senegal) is a Lebanese academic, writer, socialist and anti-war activist. He lived in Lebanon until moving to France in 1983. He taught politics and international relations at the University of Paris VIII until 2003, when he took up a position at the Marc Bloch Centre in Berlin.
Since August 2007, Achcar has been a Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.
He is a frequent contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique, ZNet, and International Viewpoint.
Gilbert Achcar is a Fellow at the International Institute for Research and Education.
In March 2011, he wrote an article for ZNet that provoked a wide debate within the international left on the position towards the coalition intervention in Libya for humanitarian reasons. [1]**
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