Outlook Talks | Academic & Writer Gilbert Achcar in conversation with Singdhendu Bhattacharya
“The world is on the brink of a major, major disaster. The prospects are catastrophic. And, I’m not exaggerating at all,” says Gilbert Achcar, a Lebanese professor at SOAS, University of London. He points out that the world is hearing more about the possible use of nuclear weapons than it did during the Cold War. In an interview with Outlook on the West Asian crisis over Israel’s uncontrolled aggression backed by the US and other Western powers, he says that the episode has completely destroyed all Western pretence of the Rule of Law based on international standards. “It’s Jungle Rule. We live in a world where might is right. The Western hypocrisy over the Russia-Ukraine war and Israel’s war on Gaza has proved it beyond doubt,” he says.
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