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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity
Arab World

Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When Israel launched an attack on Doha in September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders convened an emergency summit. […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

10/03/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Christianity
Jesus wasn’t white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew: & why that matters

Jesus wasn’t white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew: & why that matters

By Robyn J. Whitaker | (The Conversation) | – – I grew up in a Christian home, where a photo of Jesus hung on my […]

Juan Cole

Featured
Ultimate Hypocrisy: Saudi Crown Prince touts Religious Tolerance in NYC

Ultimate Hypocrisy: Saudi Crown Prince touts Religious Tolerance in NYC

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s charm offensive in New York allegedly involved meeting Oprah Winfrey, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Voters & Congress need to Stop Warmongers like Bolton via War Powers Act

Voters & Congress need to Stop Warmongers like Bolton via War Powers Act

By Sarah van Gelder | (Yes! Magazine) | – – A widespread show of support at the local level could embolden lawmakers toward a no-first-use […]

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Foreign Policy
Inside the US war in Yemen

Inside the US war in Yemen

By Reese Erlich | (48Hills.org) | – – The American military and complex Middle East politics create a horrible humanitarian crisis One of the most […]

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Kurds
A Second Palestine? Neo-Ottoman “Sultan” Erdogan Captures Syria’s Kurdish Enclave of Afrin

A Second Palestine? Neo-Ottoman “Sultan” Erdogan Captures Syria’s Kurdish Enclave of Afrin

By Dr. Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey’s capture of the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northern Syria has added a new […]

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China
China met Carbon Intensity Goals 3 Years Early, but it Isn't Nearly Enough

China met Carbon Intensity Goals 3 Years Early, but it Isn’t Nearly Enough

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I am not a fundamentalist in any other area of life. But I am a carbon […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Egypt's Electoral Farce: Polls show Al-Sisi lacks legitimacy & gov't is Unstable

Egypt’s Electoral Farce: Polls show Al-Sisi lacks legitimacy & gov’t is Unstable

By Pamela Abbott & Andrea Teti | (The Conversation) | – – Egyptians are voting in presidential elections on March 26-28. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who […]

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Internet
Facebook Deletes Gaza-Based  Safa News, which had 1.3 mn Followers

Facebook Deletes Gaza-Based Safa News, which had 1.3 mn Followers

this year alone 500 pages of Palestinian journalists, activists and bloggers have been deleted

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Donald Trump
All Donald, All the Time: America's Ruin as Spectacle

All Donald, All the Time: America’s Ruin as Spectacle

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – A record? Come on! Don’t minimize what’s happening. It’s far too unique, too unprecedented even […]

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