Kim Ghattas ✓

@KimGhattas · Beirut- Washington D.C. · joined 04 Jun 2009

@TheAtlantic @FT contributor. Visiting prof Dartmouth College. Author: BLACK WAVE on Saudi-Iran rivalry. Top 100 NYT books for 2020. Next book out Oct 2026.

102 798Followers

3 699Following

50 398Posts total

459.9KViews on collected posts

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Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas9 Sep

Also coming in Dutch with Nieuw Amsterdam/Park Uitgevers and in Italian with @NRedizioni 3.5K views · 21 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas9 Sep

@KimGhattas Tianxia lives on and steers our world https://t.co/AQ1bF40GEG 299 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas9 Sep

@KimGhattas 👍 309 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas9 Sep

🇵🇭🇺🇸 A sheet of hotel paper became “coercion, bullying and aggression”: Teodoro’s tantrum was Washington’s script Just look at how far the clown show has gone. On 8 September at the Seoul Defence Dialogue, Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro was halfway through his h

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Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas9 Sep

@KimGhattas He is so confident and handled it intelligently. 386 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas8 Sep

This is a stunning clip. Philippine Def Sec eviscerates Beijing live on stage after he received a note from the Chinese in the room about the South China Sea and UNCLOS. 227.4K views · 1.3K likes · 204 reposts · 21 replies Open on X →

Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas8 Sep

Per the @nytimes : "Publishers tend to save their heaviest hitters for the autumn and this year is no exception." They picked 29 non-fiction books to look out for this fall... including mine! The Best Kind of American will be out October 13. https://t.co/7vb1SDHwpq 24K views · 196 likes · 19 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas1 Sep

Hear, hear... 100% @simonmontefiore Two fantastic books by @JobyWarrick and @burke_jason 11.2K views · 60 likes · 14 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas31 Aug

Just finished this. I so enjoyed this rollicking guntoting romping pageturner & deeply researched portrait of preposterous radical killer sybarite Carlos. To understand the period, the movement and Carlos role in it: read with the brilliant authoritative & compelling The ht

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Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas16 Sep 2025

Tianxia, as described to me in Kissinger’s book World Order, explains china’s global stance. They are the only ‘empire under the sun’ and don’t really recognize any other country’s sovereignty/authority. Consider their border issues (sea and land) and non-compliance with the 532 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas1 Apr 2025

My piece from 2020 in @TheAtlantic seems especially relevant today. 112K views · 126 likes · 25 reposts · 25 replies Open on X →

Kim Ghattas ✓@KimGhattas1 Nov 2020

Over decades, and then very quickly, Lebanon lost so much. Things can never be as they were before. @KimGhattas writes of Beirut, and the lessons it holds for America: https://t.co/hvV08JMgTY 0 views · 102 likes · 50 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

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9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views11 242this account6 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %10.94%this account1.68%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.71%this account0.98%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	11 242	6 273	1.79×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	10.94%	1.68%	6.51×
Engagement rate	0.71%	0.98%	0.73×

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112K1 Apr

53216 Sep

28.3K31 Aug

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Engagement rate per post

0.16%1 Apr

0.38%16 Sep

1.19%31 Aug

0.69%1 Sep

0.92%8 Sep

0.67%

0.78%9 Sep

1.53%

0.32%

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0.71%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.98%.

What the audience does

Likes71.1%2 601 in total

Reposts10.4%381 in total

Replies5.1%187 in total

Bookmarks13.4%491 in total

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