birth_place nationality fields birth_date residence article_title name
beirut , lebanon french and lebanese academic and writer 1951 lebanon gilbert achcar
 gilbert achcar
gilbert achcar

gilbert achcar -lrb- ; born 1951 -rrb- 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 debate within the international left on the position towards the coalition intervention in libya for humanitarian reasons .
he gave his support in march 2013 to the campaign of film director ken loach and activist kate hudson for a new left-wing party in the uk .
