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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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United Arab Emirates Committing War Crimes in its Yemen Prisons: Amnesty

United Arab Emirates Committing War Crimes in its Yemen Prisons: Amnesty

Human rights violations in a string of Yemeni prisons run by the United Arab Emirates could amount to war crimes

AFP

racism
Could Trump's War on Black NFL Players awaken a Sleeping Giant?

Could Trump’s War on Black NFL Players awaken a Sleeping Giant?

Will Trump’s attacks on black athletes provoke a revolution in the NFL?

Tomdispatch

Syria
Syrian Army Raises Flag in Daraa, Cradle of Failed Revolution

Syrian Army Raises Flag in Daraa, Cradle of Failed Revolution

Syria’s army entered rebel-held parts of Daraa city, state media said Thursday

Mohamad Abazeed

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Trump Threatens Iran with "Escalation;" Could it Spin out of Control?

Trump Threatens Iran with “Escalation;” Could it Spin out of Control?

Pompeo has been more or less threatening acts of war for the past week

Juan Cole

Colonialism
Human Zoos in the Age of Trump

Human Zoos in the Age of Trump

Current policies echo an era when millions of Europeans and Americans considered it perfectly natural to treat fellow humans as beasts

Ariel Dorfman

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

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