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The Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, and the Collapse of Collective Security
Donald Trump

The Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, and the Collapse of Collective Security

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Within the span of 24 hours in early September, Russia deployed drones into Polish airspace, and […]

Federal Court:  Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

Federal Court: Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

10/01/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

Veterans for Peace and Justice: Can Warriors Stop Endless Wars?

Veterans for Peace and Justice: Can Warriors Stop Endless Wars?

10/01/2025 By William D. Hartung

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Climate Change
Trump still wants Expensive Coal but the Market wants Cheap wind & Solar

Trump still wants Expensive Coal but the Market wants Cheap wind & Solar

By Jonathan Marshall | (Consortiumnews.com) | – – Market trends now favor renewable energy as a cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels, but President Trump’s resistance […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Will Trump manage to stab both Syrian Kurds and Turkey in the Back at same time?

Will Trump manage to stab both Syrian Kurds and Turkey in the Back at same time?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump is alleged to have promised Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that he will cease arming the […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Extremists Kill 235 at Mosque in Egypt's Sinai

Extremists Kill 235 at Mosque in Egypt’s Sinai

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A massive explosion went off outside a mosque in the small town (pop. 2500) of Rawdah […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Falsehood of Trump's 'Precision Strikes' and 'Clean Wars'

The Falsehood of Trump’s ‘Precision Strikes’ and ‘Clean Wars’

By Paul Rogers | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – Trump’s worldview promises low-cost military success. The blasting apart of civilian lives in Iraq says otherwise. […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Saudi Arabia makes it 'Terrorism' to Criticize the King

Saudi Arabia makes it ‘Terrorism’ to Criticize the King

Human Rights Watch | – – (New York) – Saudi Arabia’s new counterterrorism law includes vague and overly broad definitions of acts of terrorism, in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Bedouin as Sisyphus: Homes destroyed over & over

Israel’s Bedouin as Sisyphus: Homes destroyed over & over

By Aniqa Raihan | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Thousands of Arab Bedouins in Israel’s Negev desert are denied power, water, sewage, […]

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Donald Trump
As Flynn cuts off WH, top 4 Alleged Crimes he could sink Trump with

As Flynn cuts off WH, top 4 Alleged Crimes he could sink Trump with

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Ret. 3-star general Michael Flynn, under investigation by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, has ceased sharing information […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is Palestinian Pres. Abbas refusing to take Jared Kushner's Phone Calls?

Is Palestinian Pres. Abbas refusing to take Jared Kushner’s Phone Calls?

Middle East Monitor | – – Haaretz reported on Thursday 23 November, 2017, that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas refused Wednesday to answer a phone call […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
“Give me Liberty & Give Me Liquor” Anbar, Iraq after ISIL

“Give me Liberty & Give Me Liquor” Anbar, Iraq after ISIL

Kamal al-Ayash. | Anbar | (Niqash.org) | – – Even before the extremists were in control in Anbar, selling alcohol was banned. During extremist control, […]

Juan Cole

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