Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]
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The Seventh Exclusion: Great Moments in American Racist Immigration History
US history is replete with racism as public policy
New Light on the Arabian Religious Background of Islam?
Aside from the Qur’an itself, all the sources we have were written down after the Abbasid Revolution of 750 against the Umayyads
TrumpWorld: A Vast Guantanamo Bay just for Children
A requiem for a tragedy that has barely ended (if it has)
Defying US, Syrian Troops Launch Assault on Daraa City as Civilians Flee
Syria’s army launched an assault on the flashpoint southern city of Daraa Tuesday, state media said
Five Reasons Why Erdogan Won Turkey’s Election
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a decisive victory in weekend elections, scuppering predictions that his popularity was on the wane
Nicaragua’s People Power at the Barricades again, this Time against Ortega
If Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega refuses to leave office we may see more killings, beatings, and jailings
No, Iran’s Grand Bazaar Protest doesn’t mean the Government or Economy is Collapsing
These were rallies of the economically privileged
What Have We Done? Moral Injury and the Family Separation Policy
The concept of “moral injury” could help us understand the impact of the Trump administration’s family separation policy
Iraq bombs meeting of Daesh leaders in Syria; kills high-value targets
Iraq has launched an air attack on a gathering of Daesh leaders inside neighbouring Syria, killing 45 members of the hardline militant group