Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the prospect of new Iranian nuclear power plants looking dim after Israeli and American bombing of its civilian nuclear […]
Gaza and the Death of Conscience
By Ismail Salahuddin ( Middle East Monitor ) – There are moments in history that strip away every illusion we carry about ourselves. Gaza is […]
The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion
By Jonathan Silver, University of Sheffield (The Conversation) – The US and Israel have sparked international condemnation over their leaked vision for the reconstruction of […]
European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]
How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since
By Anne Irfan, UCL (The Conversation) – At the end of August, the Trump administration blocked Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and 80 other Palestinian officials […]
Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump
By Mattea Kramer and Sean Fogler ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The federal takeover of Washington, D.C., rightfully attracted extensive media coverage, but an executive order […]
While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]
“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12
Quatrain no. 12 in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám concerns the imperative to live in the moment and take our […]
Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover
By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University (The Conversation) – The Israeli airstrike targeting senior Hamas political leaders in Qatar on Sept. 9, 2025, represents the […]
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