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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Immigration
Why Families and Refugees And America Lose Big with Trump Travel Ban

Why Families and Refugees And America Lose Big with Trump Travel Ban

Thousands now face indefinite separation from family members from the affected countries. Thousands more will be denied safe harbor

Raquel Aldana

NATO
Trump Stuns NATO with Demand to Double Defence Spending

Trump Stuns NATO with Demand to Double Defence Spending

US President Donald Trump shocked allies at a fraught NATO summit on Wednesday by suddenly demanding that members double their defense spending

Damon Wake

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No Trump, Germany doesn't Get 70% of its Energy From Putin; it gets 41% from Renewables

No Trump, Germany doesn’t Get 70% of its Energy From Putin; it gets 41% from Renewables

Trump made the false claim that Germany gets 70% of its energy from Russia

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
No, Trump is not going to Save UK or Theresa May from Economic Consequences of Brexit

No, Trump is not going to Save UK or Theresa May from Economic Consequences of Brexit

May has been left blowing in the wind by the right wing of her own party

Juan Cole

Arab World
Emerging Superpower China Offers Arab States $20 bn. in Development Loans

Emerging Superpower China Offers Arab States $20 bn. in Development Loans

China will provide Arab states with $20 billion in loans for economic development, President Xi Jinping told top Arab officials Tuesday

AFP

Iran
Iranians Dance To Protest Detention Of Teen Over Instagram Videos

Iranians Dance To Protest Detention Of Teen Over Instagram Videos

Iranian social-media users are expressing support for a teenager who was detained over her Instagram dance videos

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Supreme Court
Does this Change Everything? Kavanaugh Pick Cements Generational Rightward Tilt on Court

Does this Change Everything? Kavanaugh Pick Cements Generational Rightward Tilt on Court

The decision cements a rightward tilt on the top judicial body

Michael Mathes

Israel
Open Apartheid? Israeli Bill that would allow Jewish-Only Communities worries President

Open Apartheid? Israeli Bill that would allow Jewish-Only Communities worries President

Israel’s president raised alarm Tuesday over a proposed law seen as opening the door to the establishment of Jewish-only communities

AFP

Turkey
Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan Faces in New Term

Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan Faces in New Term

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to take a tough line with the West on key foreign policy issues

Fulya Ozerkan

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