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Jeffrey G. Karam

Jeffrey G. Karam

Dr. Jeffrey G. Karam is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Lebanese American University (LAU). He is also a Research Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics at Freie Universität Berlin and at the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS). He is a member of the prestigious Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW), specifically affiliated with the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA). Karam is the editor of The Middle East in 1958: Reimagining a Revolutionary Year, co-editor of The Lebanon Uprising of 2019: Voices from the Revolution, and co-editor of Global Authoritarianism: Perspectives and Contestations from the South. His scholarly and public writing has appeared in Intelligence and National Security, Arab Studies Journal, Journal of Political Science Education, H-Diplo/ISSF, TRAFO, Jadaliyya, The Washington Post, openDemocracy, The Daily Star, Megaphone, and other outlets.

From enabling Israel's war machine, to supporting sectarian militias, the US has not played the role of peace broker in Lebanon, writes Jeffrey G. Karam.

07 May, 2025