The Centre for the Study of Divided Societies (CSDS) invites you to the book launch of The Gaza Catastrophe, a powerful and timely book by Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at SOAS University of London.

The event will be chaired by Craig Larkin, Reader in Middle East Politics and Peace and Conflict Studies at King’s College London and Director of CSDS.

About the book

The Gaza Catastrophe reckons with the lethal consequences and the significance of a war waged by an advanced military-industrial state – with full US participation and support from the West. Renowned political scientist Gilbert Achcar explores the dynamics of a complex historical process that culminated in the war on Gaza and wider conflict in the Middle East. He offers critical insights on the genocide’s regional and international ramifications, as well as radical critiques of Zionism, Hamas and other state and non-state actors.

About the author

Gilbert Achcar is Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has written extensively on politics and development economics, as well as social change and social theory. His publications include The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder, published in fifteen languages; Perilous Power: The Middle East and US Foreign Policy, with Noam Chomsky; The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising; Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprisings; and The New Cold War: The United States, Russia and China, from Kosovo to Ukraine.

The event will be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East politics, international relations, conflict studies, and political theory, as well as members of the wider public.