Gilbert Achcar is Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at SOAS, University of London. He is a frequent contributor to publications including The Nation, Jacobin and Le Monde diplomatique. His books include Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy, co-authored with Noam Chomsky; The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives; Marxism, Orientalism, Cosmopolitanism; and The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising.