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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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Behind the Struggle with Mueller & Comey: Trump is the Triumph of Privilege over Law

Behind the Struggle with Mueller & Comey: Trump is the Triumph of Privilege over Law

By Martin Powers | (Informed Comment) | – – Frustration and bewilderment are common in media accounts of this administration’s expansive chaos. Even well educated […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Yemen Campaign escalates into War of Missiles

Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Campaign escalates into War of Missiles

Khalil Dewan @KhalilDewan | Middle East Monitor | – – As Mohammed Bin Salman’s global tour continues in a bid to stabilise Riyadh’s economy, his […]

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Bush
Will Bolton and MEK pull an Iraq War-like Chalabi-type Scam on Iran?

Will Bolton and MEK pull an Iraq War-like Chalabi-type Scam on Iran?

By Nadejda K. Marinova (Author of Ask What You Can Do For Your (New) Country: How Host States Use Diasporas (Oxford University Press, 2017).[1] Informed […]

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European Union
European Union: Turkey further than ever on Human Rights, Rule of Law

European Union: Turkey further than ever on Human Rights, Rule of Law

Middle East Monitor | – – Turkey will on Tuesday receive the European Commission’s most critical report since it launched its bid to join the […]

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Immigration
Trump can't Actually care much about Syrians if he only let in 11 Refugees this Year

Trump can’t Actually care much about Syrians if he only let in 11 Refugees this Year

TeleSur | – – “We are seeing the impact of the Trump administration’s words and policy and actions that slams the door on refugees,” says […]

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Donald Trump
The Tragedy of American Great Power Moves on the Middle East: Trump Can, so he Will

The Tragedy of American Great Power Moves on the Middle East: Trump Can, so he Will

By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – As assumed, the US, the UK and France launched their coordinated airstrikes on Syria in the […]

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Iraq on Syria Strikes: We've seen this Movie and it doesn't End Well

Iraq on Syria Strikes: We’ve seen this Movie and it doesn’t End Well

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iraq’s foreign ministry came out strongly against the US, British and French missile strikes on Syria. […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
How the CIA's secret torture program sparked a citizen-led public reckoning in North Carolina

How the CIA’s secret torture program sparked a citizen-led public reckoning in North Carolina

By Alexandra Moore | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, is reported to have overseen a U.S. […]

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Climate Change
Sweden's new Carbon Tax on Air Travel aims helping Environment

Sweden’s new Carbon Tax on Air Travel aims helping Environment

By Valéry Laramée de Tannenberg | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Freya Kirk | – – Sweden has introduced a new carbon tax. From 1 April, […]

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