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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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In anti-Trump surge, Renewables make 18% of US electricity & impel job growth

In anti-Trump surge, Renewables make 18% of US electricity & impel job growth

US Carbon Emissions Fall slightly

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Grievance Politics for Insecure Majorities: Trumpism Worldwide

Grievance Politics for Insecure Majorities: Trumpism Worldwide

By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – It’s about propping up “besieged majorities” in multiethnic countries. Washington and New Delhi are […]

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Buddhism
Buddhist Burma Bulldozing Muslim Rohingya Villages: Satellite Photos

Buddhist Burma Bulldozing Muslim Rohingya Villages: Satellite Photos

TeleSur | – – Human rights groups that fear the Burmese government is destroying crime scenes before any credible investigation takes place. Satellite imagery shows […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Ahed Tamimi: father speaks of his pride as Palestinian activist prepares for trial

Ahed Tamimi: father speaks of his pride as Palestinian activist prepares for trial

Emma Heywood | (The Conversation) | – – Popular resistance against the Israeli presence in the West Bank, be it violent or peaceful, is a […]

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Are Kurds, Shiite Militias and the Baath Gov't allying against Turkey's Afrin Op?

Are Kurds, Shiite Militias and the Baath Gov’t allying against Turkey’s Afrin Op?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Fundamentalist Salafi militias, some linked to al-Qaeda, and backed by Turkey, have allegedly taken three new […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New South African Gov't to Cut ties with Israel over Apartheid toward Palestinians

New South African Gov’t to Cut ties with Israel over Apartheid toward Palestinians

Middle East Monitor | – – South Africa has been a staunch ally of the Palestinian struggle and regularly spoken out against the atrocities committed […]

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Guns
Marco Rubio dismisses High-School Shooting Survivors as out of Mainstream

Marco Rubio dismisses High-School Shooting Survivors as out of Mainstream

TeleSur | – – The event, hosted by CNN, offered a rare opportunity for people directly affected by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tragedy […]

Juan Cole

Militarization
Generational Wars and Short Memories: The 9/11 Hijackers Were Iraqis, Right?

Generational Wars and Short Memories: The 9/11 Hijackers Were Iraqis, Right?

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | – I was teaching the day the airplanes hit the World Trade Center. It was the second meeting of “The Communist […]

Rebecca Gordon

Corruption
Top Ten Signs the US is the most Corrupt nation in the World (2018 Edn.)

Top Ten Signs the US is the most Corrupt nation in the World (2018 Edn.)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised Those ratings that castigate Afghanistan and some other poor countries as hopelessly “corrupt” always imply […]

Juan Cole

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