Jeffrey G. Karam

A/Prof PoliSci @LebAmericanUni | Fellow @FU_Berlin, @AGYA_Academy, & @LCPSLebanon | 📚 The Middle East in 1958 | 📕 Lebanon Uprising of 2019 | RPs/💚s ≠ endorse

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

Just received advanced copies of ‘The Lebanon Uprising of 2019: Voices from the #Revolution’ !!

#NewBook #Lebanon

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[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

My new article in Comparative #Strategy, “Knowing Without Seeing,” critically examines the U.S. #intelligence failure before Oct. 7, 2023 ⬇️

Not missing information, but delegated warning and tech overconfidence left the system blind to rupture.

https://t.co/gHQTgOqh9h

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

My new article in Comparative #Strategy, “Knowing Without Seeing,” critically examines the U.S. #intelligence failure before Oct. 7, 2023 ⬇️

Not missing information, but delegated warning and tech overconfidence left the system blind to rupture.

https://t.co/gHQTgOqh9h

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

My new article, “Partners in Preservation: U.S., #Iran, and the Global Politics of #Counterrevolution in #Lebanon”, is now published in Third World Quarterly. ⬇️

It introduces the concept of “counterrevolutionary convergence.”

https://t.co/NO8Uj7PbMK

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

My new article, “Ambient #Politicization: Intelligence, Credibility, & the U.S. Intervention in #Lebanon, 1958”, is now published in #Intelligence and National #Security ⬇️ @IntelNatSecJnl

This article introduces the concept of ‘ambient politicization.’

https://t.co/Tfz5j2B7cj

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

My new article, “Ambient #Politicization: Intelligence, Credibility, & the U.S. Intervention in #Lebanon, 1958”, is now published in #Intelligence and National #Security ⬇️ @IntelNatSecJnl

This article introduces the concept of ‘ambient politicization.’

https://t.co/Tfz5j2B7cj

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

My new article, “Partners in Preservation: U.S., #Iran, and the Global Politics of #Counterrevolution in #Lebanon”, is now published in Third World Quarterly. ⬇️

It introduces the concept of “counterrevolutionary convergence.”

https://t.co/NO8Uj7PbMK

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

What if the #Arab world had its own #Sputnik moment—and it was buried?

In my latest essay for @aljumhuriya_eng , I explore #Lebanon’s forgotten #rocket program and the forces that erased it, revealing how power rewrites futures and buries ambition. ⬇️

[Al-Jumhuriya English @aljumhuriya_eng]

“When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into Earth's orbit, it changed global history in just 96 minutes. What if the Arab world had its own Sputnik moment – and it was buried before it could reshape the future?”

✍ Jeffrey G. Karam (@JGKaram)

https://t.co/2CbQtO0GMZ

[Al-Jumhuriya English @aljumhuriya_eng]

“Scientific sovereignty is not about rockets. It is about power – about who is allowed to imagine and build futures, and who is confined to importing them.”

https://t.co/2CbQtO0GMZ

[Al-Jumhuriya English @aljumhuriya_eng]

“By 1966, the Lebanese Rocket Society was shut down. No airstrikes, no public declarations – but unmistakable pressure. What had once represented national ingenuity was erased from the historical record, reduced to curiosity or forgotten entirely.”

[Al-Jumhuriya English @aljumhuriya_eng]

“What began as a student experiment in Beirut soon evolved into a structured initiative – the Lebanese Rocket Society – that launched increasingly sophisticated rockets. Their most advanced model reached an altitude of nearly 144 kilometers, brushing the edge of space.”

[Al-Jumhuriya English @aljumhuriya_eng]

“When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into Earth's orbit, it changed global history in just 96 minutes. What if the Arab world had its own Sputnik moment – and it was buried before it could reshape the future?”

✍ Jeffrey G. Karam (@JGKaram)

https://t.co/2CbQtO0GMZ

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

CC: @LAUArtsSciences @lebamericanuni

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

Honored to join as a discussant for ‘The Dispossessed Generation’—a timely and important work on #youth #politics in the #MENA. I’ll be sharing reflections on its core arguments + their relevance today in #Lebanon.

Thursday, May 22 | 6 PM

Hosted by @Orient_institut

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

#Lebanon didn’t forget its civil #war. It was intentionally taught to #forget.

In my latest op-ed for @Daraj_media , I reflect on why #memory in Lebanon is treated as a threat, and why #knowing still matters. ⬇️

[Daraj Media @Daraj_media]

النسيان كسياسة: عن الحرب التي لم تنتهِ في لبنان

@‌JGKaram https://t.co/Tlod4T51mG

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

What does it mean to live in a country that never truly ended its war? 50 years after the outbreak of #Lebanon’s civil #war, #silence remains #policy.

In this article 4 @LCPSLebanon , I examine the war’s #afterlives & why knowing is essential to any future #reform 🔽

[LCPS Lebanon @LCPSLebanon]

Jeffrey G. Karam examines how post-civil war #Lebanon has avoided confronting its past, arguing that the Lebanese must come to terms with the 15-year conflict to build a more just society. #LebanonCivilWar
https://t.co/cw50zQS8NA
@JGKaram

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

#US #policy in #Lebanon has never been #neutral.

My new op-ed for @The_NewArab examines how
American #power has enabled #violence, not prevented it-then and now. ⬇️

[The New Arab @The_NewArab]

From enabling Israel's war machine, to supporting sectarian militias, the US has not played the role of peace broker in Lebanon, writes @JGKaram ⬇

https://t.co/KwvL2bfcTF

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

This semester, my students in 'Intro to #IR' @LAUArtsSciences @lebamericanuni stepped into the #UN Security Council to tackle one of the world’s biggest questions: how do we regulate #AI before it regulates us?

Check the🧵🔽

#IRsimulation #AIgovernance #TeachingInAction

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

In my Intro to #IR course @LAUArtsSciences @lebamericanuni, we closed the semester with a high-stakes simulation:

An international crisis erupts over #AI governance. Students represented the five permanent members of the #UN #Security Council.

Here’s how it unfolded. 🧵⬇️

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

Here’s to ending the #semester not only with a final assignment, but with a moment of #diplomatic chaos, #ethical debates, and engaged #learning.

The future of international relations #IR is in good hands 🙌🏽

#AIgovernance #ActiveLearning #LAU

@LAUArtsSciences @lebamericanuni

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

In my Intro to #IR course @LAUArtsSciences @lebamericanuni, we closed the semester with a high-stakes simulation:

An international crisis erupts over #AI governance. Students represented the five permanent members of the #UN #Security Council.

Here’s how it unfolded. 🧵⬇️

[Jeffrey G. Karam @JGKaram]

Special thanks to the advisers and returning students who joined us to support and observe.

You helped make this exercise a collaborative success. 🙏❤️‍��🧿