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Archives for February 2026

Arab Spring
On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries

On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries

Farhang Jahanpour

Many people optimistically assume that popular revolutions against dictators will automatically establish democratic governments

Omar Khayyam
“Gently, Brother!”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:36

“Gently, Brother!” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:36

Juan Cole

That clay, and the things made of clay , bear traces of past people who died and became clay is a common theme in classical Persian poetry

China
The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological Enhancement of Iran’s Endurance

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological Enhancement of Iran’s Endurance

Middle East Monitor

The most significant development has been the deployment of China’s YLC-8B 3D long-range surveillance radar.

Donald Trump
On Seeking Asylum and Refuge in a Hostile Trumpian United States

On Seeking Asylum and Refuge in a Hostile Trumpian United States

Rebecca Gordon

The administration has also made legal entry to the U.S. much more difficult in a variety of ways

Featured
Bad Bunny at the Superbowl: Puerto Ricans are Americans, but the US is Guilty of Neglect

Bad Bunny at the Superbowl: Puerto Ricans are Americans, but the US is Guilty of Neglect

Juan Cole

Puerto Ricans are subject to taxation without representation, which is against everything the Constitution otherwise stands for

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing  against Palestinians Escalate

Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing against Palestinians Escalate

Human Rights Watch

Atrocities Against Palestinians with Impunity Challenge Rules-Based International Order

Dissent
Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how Faith and Politics reshaped a Generation

Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how Faith and Politics reshaped a Generation

Juan Cole

The revolution and its social and political freedoms offered them a space to question everything, including how they relate to Islamic teachings

Climate Crisis
Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”

Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”

Juan Cole

Gemenne said that we are passing from a relatively stable climate system to an unstable one, where extreme weather events will multiply

Authoritarianism
Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine

Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine

Waging Nonviolence

The people of Minneapolis and Palestine have both responded to occupation and state terror with extraordinary courage and love

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