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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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For 40 Million US Working Poor, Trillion-Dollar Foreign Military Adventures Don’t Bring Security

For 40 Million US Working Poor, Trillion-Dollar Foreign Military Adventures Don’t Bring Security

The greatest threat day-to-day threat for millions of Americans isn’t terrorism or North Korea, it’s economic insecurity

Rajan Menon

Afghanistan
Raising Questions about Trump Policies,  Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Highest in Decade

Raising Questions about Trump Policies, Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Highest in Decade

The number of Afghan civilians killed in the country’s long-running conflict hit a record high in the first six months of 2018

Allison Jackson

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israel Unleashes Heaviest Airstrikes Since 2014 Assault

Gaza: Israel Unleashes Heaviest Airstrikes Since 2014 Assault

Israeli occupation forces struck 40 targets in the besieged Gaza Strip Saturday, in the most extensive Israeli military assault since 2014

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Top Three Ways London's Sadiq Khan is a better Leader than Donald Trump

Top Three Ways London’s Sadiq Khan is a better Leader than Donald Trump

Sadiq Khan as mayor of London is the opposite of Trump in every way

Juan Cole

Environmentalism
Ireland To Become First Country to Divest From Fossil Fuels

Ireland To Become First Country to Divest From Fossil Fuels

Ireland’s lower house of parliament has passed a bill that will require the country to divest all of its shares in fossil fuel companies

TeleSur

Pakistan
Pakistanis Mourn as Extremists attack Democratic Elections, killing 128

Pakistanis Mourn as Extremists attack Democratic Elections, killing 128

Pakistan was in shock Saturday after a suicide blast killed 128 people, just following the dramatic arrest of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif

AFP

Donald Trump
An Offer they Can't Refuse: Trump's "Mob Boss Style" on Display in London

An Offer they Can’t Refuse: Trump’s “Mob Boss Style” on Display in London

The vast majority of Britons deeply dislike the American president

Juan Cole

Syria
With 5 Powers fighting in Syria, who will come out on top? Netanyahu, Putin, or Trump?

With 5 Powers fighting in Syria, who will come out on top? Netanyahu, Putin, or Trump?

Other nations push their own interests to the detriment of the Syrian people

Reese Erlich

Russia
Mueller: 12 Russian Agents indicted for Hacking Dems on Day Trump asked them to

Mueller: 12 Russian Agents indicted for Hacking Dems on Day Trump asked them to

Twelve Russian military intelligence officers were indicted by a US grand jury on Friday

Chris Lefkow

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