Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli-Iranian War of 2025 has put Iraq in an extremely difficult situation. The country’s Shiite majority sympathizes with Iran […]
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For all Trump’s new Mideast Contracts, Two Big Deals Elude Him
By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Deakin University (The Conversation) – US President Donald Trump’s visit to Arab states in the Middle East this week generated plenty of […]
China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]
Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many
The two authoritarian leaders are joining hands to assault human rights and democratic norms. By Margaret Knapke | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – […]
That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet
( Tomdispatch.com ) – I remember the phrase from my boyhood, listening to baseball games on the old wooden radio by my bed. A major […]
As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]
US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp
( Middle East Monitor ) – A federal jury in California has ordered Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to pay Meta $167 million in punitive […]
Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration
By Chelsea Stieber, Tulane University (The Conversation) – Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has explored the first American pontiff’s Chicago upbringing, as well as […]
Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]
Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity
By Katya Alkhateeb, University of Essex and Faten Ghosn, University of Essex (The Conversation) – A recent surge in violence against Syria’s Druze religious community […]
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