Prof. International Politics @VUB @Brussels_School - Fellow @CRIC_Oxford - Former advisor to the Belgian PM - Author - PhD Philosophy, MA History - Geopolitics
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My @TEDx talk is out, on why the Middle East was erased from Renaissance history.
You are very welcome to share if you like it! youtube.com/watch?v=4x4ZH_Cj…
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This makes me blush: a review of my Averroes book in Le Monde (des Livres). What a good French translation can do.
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Elf jaar geleden publiceerde ik mijn eerste artikels over mijn concept Tribalisering en waarom dit tot meer oorlog zou leiden. Velen vonden dit toen weinig geloofwaardig. Vandaag houd ik me vooral bezig met de vraag hoe we die trend kunnen ombuigen.
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Vanavond in #terzaketv: @MLP_officiel en Europese uiterst rechtse leiders op bezoek bij @vlbelang, @HeleenDhaens. Manifestatieverbod voor amokmakers? @VincentVQ in debat met Bert Engelaar @vakbondABVV. En spanningen door Houthi-aanvallen in Saudi-Arabië, @koertdebeuf.
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Le 5 octobre dans les librairies! Merci à les Editions Fenêtres pour cette traduction excellente!
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This Syrian old man hid his private library in his home in the city of Damascus since the end of 2011 before escaping to Kuwait out of fear of the Assad regime, where the mere presence of a banned book could lead you to Assad's gulag and death under torture.
Today, the uncle returned to his library and completely removed the wall behind which he had hidden it, revealing valuable books that the Assad regime prohibited possessing and circulating.
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Contract getekend met Romy van den Nieuwenhof van de De Bezige Bij voor een nieuw boek, ditmaal over filosofie. Meer nieuws later!
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RT @hahellyer: Egypt was invited to join the new Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defence pact. It declined.
A revealing Mada Masr report helps exp…
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Come for the Latin Averroism: stay for the digression comparing Al-Ghazali with Anselm.
As promised long ago, here are my reflections on @koertdebeuf's excellent book 'The Influence of Averroes on European Thought'. Millions must read!
philosophersmag.com/the-comm…
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As promised long ago, here are my reflections on @koertdebeuf's excellent book 'The Influence of Averroes on European Thought'. Millions must read!
philosophersmag.com/the-comm…
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Thank you so much @DrMichaelBonner for this very interesting en thorough review!
As promised long ago, here are my reflections on @koertdebeuf's excellent book 'The Influence of Averroes on European Thought'. Millions must read!
philosophersmag.com/the-comm…
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Het Einde van het Westen? Diedert de Wagt, Willem Middelkoop, Koert Debeuf en Ad Verbrugge | 💥🌎
Bekijk de aflevering nu!
youtu.be/8i-2vEJGWP0
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What is Europe doing? According to NATO chief Mark Rutte, European countries (and Canada) have invested $215 billion (!!) in the American defence industry, supporting 200.000 jobs. This is a massive transfer of wealth instead of investing in its own economy. Why?
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Red card = exclusion from the next game. At least in football the rules count for all countries. Oh wait...
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It looks as if the White House will play the Iran deal as "no cash" and ending the nuclear program. That's misleading because it apparently unfreezes assets and money is fungible, and because there is apparently no nuclear deal. Basically, it seems that Iran gets rewards for reopening the Strait, and then we'll try to figure things out. It's all very well to say that after 60 days we can resume sanctions; then Iran can resume its closure of the Strait. My fear is that Trump in 60 days will be ready to move on and will reach a bad nuclear deal without adequate inspections or prompt dilution of HEU, and that Iran will then be in a position to take the North Korean path of acquiring not just threshold status but actual nuclear weapons. Bottom line is instead of regime change, Trump and Netanyahu have strengthened the Iran regime and put the IRGC in charge.
🚨 I just spoke with a senior White House official (whom I trust 100%):
He laughed at how everyone who correctly points out that the Iranian regime lies about everything is suddenly believing what it publishes about the MOU, and losing their minds over it.
He shared the actual details of the deal with me, which are VERY DIFFERENT from what the regime is claiming:
🔸 ZERO CASH released to the regime. Some of the frozen funds will be unfrozen for humanitarian purchases only, and every single purchase must be approved by the US. He emphasized that all the money in the MOU is tied to Iran's actual nuclear concessions, not just for talking ("pay for performance," not "pay to play").
🔸 ZERO ENRICHED MATERIAL: Unlike what is being claimed, the US stance is that ALL enriched uranium (including all 60%, 20%, and 3.67% enriched material) will be taken out of Iran or diluted to make it unusable.
🔸 The only sanctions relief is a temporary 60-day window on oil sales, which will snap back into place at the end of the 60 days if no deal is reached.
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Ik antwoordde de Vragen van Proust voor De Morgen. Hieronder het relaas. Ik ben plots wel een "Nederlandse professor" geworden. :-)
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A very interesting conversation with the Distinguished Professor, Philosopher, historian, and geopolitical analyst @koertdebeuf
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With huge surprise I received this book today. Hideya Matsuo translated my book "Tribalization. Why war is coming" some years ago into Japanese. Now he has published a new analysis of world politics, based on my theory of Tribalization. I cannot image a greater honour than this.
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“denying the role of the Muslim World in the world history of
thinking is a rape of history itself.”
Koert Debeuf, The grandfather of the Enlightenment was a Muslim:
academia.edu/35064432/The_gr…
My book on Averroes and his influence on European thought is now available in paperback!
bloomsbury.com/uk/influence-…
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Why has Averroes' role been forgotten? By focusing on histories of philosophy written from the 17th to the 21st century, Debeuf provides a chronological overview that shows that Arabic philosophy was not just forgotten, but purposefully written out of the history of philosophy.
My book on Averroes and his influence on European thought is now available in paperback!
bloomsbury.com/uk/influence-…
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