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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?
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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Dan Steinbock

Israel seeks to demolish the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the occupied territories, in the war against the poorest in the Global South

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

01/27/2026 By Juan Cole

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

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Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Critical historians like William Appleman Williams played a key role in highlighting the US’s imperial record in Latin America

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Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Not surprisingly, perhaps, the United States has over the years resisted any attempt to outlaw autonomous weapons

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China
Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

China imported 389,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil in 2025, about 4% of its total

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‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

The “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon” chant asks: What does it mean for a government to prioritize foreign conflicts over domestic welfare?

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
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Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

he protest was part of over a 1,000 planned demonstrations against ICE across the nation this weekend

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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts

Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts

Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.

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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

Netanyahu continues to gamble on the possibility that international and regional opinion may eventually become receptive to ethnic cleansing

Ramzy Baroud

Germany
Electric car Registrations in Germany rise by 43% in 2025, despite end of Subsidies

Electric car Registrations in Germany rise by 43% in 2025, despite end of Subsidies

Average CO2 emissions of new cars fell by almost 12 percent, to an average of 105.8 grammes per kilometre

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Colonialism
Juan Cole: Islam, History and the Enlargement of the Self

Juan Cole: Islam, History and the Enlargement of the Self

They discuss Cole’s career, ranging from his upbringing in a military family to becoming a leading public intellectual during the Iraq War

Juan Cole

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