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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
China

Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Militarization
Militarism Abuse Disorder: A Very American Malaise

Militarism Abuse Disorder: A Very American Malaise

( Tomdispatch.com ) – My name is Frida and my community is military dependent. (I feel, by the way, like I’m introducing myself at a […]

Frida Berrigan

Food Insecurity
USAID Concluded that Israel was Blocking Aid to Gaza; Antony Blinken Lied about it to Congress

USAID Concluded that Israel was Blocking Aid to Gaza; Antony Blinken Lied about it to Congress

By Brett Murphy | – (ProPublica ) – The U.S. government’s two foremost authorities on humanitarian assistance concluded this spring that Israel had deliberately blocked […]

ProPublica

American Jews
In Anti-Semitic Trope, Trump says Jews will be to Blame if he Loses, calls them “Brutal Killers”

In Anti-Semitic Trope, Trump says Jews will be to Blame if he Loses, calls them “Brutal Killers”

Let’s get this straight: Donald Trump is not “good for the Jews,” nor “good for Israel.” Republicans have done a great PR job in conning […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Hizbullah
Calls for US Arms Embargo as Israel Kills Nearly 500 in Lebanon

Calls for US Arms Embargo as Israel Kills Nearly 500 in Lebanon

By Jessica Corbett | – ( Commondreams.org ) – The ongoing “bloodbath” in Lebanon fueled Monday calls for the United States to cut off weapons […]

Common Dreams

Hizbullah
A weakened Hezbollah is being goaded into all-out Conflict with Israel – the Consequences would be Devastating for All

A weakened Hezbollah is being goaded into all-out Conflict with Israel – the Consequences would be Devastating for All

By Asher Kaufman, University of Notre Dame | – For almost a year, Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in increasingly provocative cross-border skirmishes as onlookers […]

The Conversation

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Iraqi Shiite Militias Pledge Aid to Lebanese Hezbollah, Target Israel with Cruise Missiles, Drones

Iraqi Shiite Militias Pledge Aid to Lebanese Hezbollah, Target Israel with Cruise Missiles, Drones

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tamim al-Hasan at the al-Mada newspaper in Baghdad reports that at a time when an imminent announcement is expected of […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Connecting the Dots between Climate Destruction and its Financial Backers

Connecting the Dots between Climate Destruction and its Financial Backers

By Eve Gutman | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Standing on a mobile stage in a suburban Philadelphia park on July 3, Ugandan human […]

Waging Nonviolence

War
War Forever, Everywhere: Unexploded Ordnance and the Weaponry We Leave Behind

War Forever, Everywhere: Unexploded Ordnance and the Weaponry We Leave Behind

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Count on one thing: armed conflict lasts for decades after battles end and its effects ripple thousands of miles beyond actual […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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Hezbollah Targets Israeli Airbase as Lebanon-Israel Attacks Escalate; Americans told to Flee

Hezbollah Targets Israeli Airbase as Lebanon-Israel Attacks Escalate; Americans told to Flee

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that Hezbollah escalated its rocket attacks on northern Israel and Syria’s Golan Heights occupied by Israel. Some […]

Juan Cole

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