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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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It’s Time to Take the Nazi-Trump Comparisons Seriously

It’s Time to Take the Nazi-Trump Comparisons Seriously

By Adil E. Shamoo and Bonnie Bricker | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – The slide towards bleak historical periods can be […]

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Environmentalism
Take that, Trump!  5% of California New Car Sales now Electric

Take that, Trump! 5% of California New Car Sales now Electric

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite Trump having pulled the US out of the Paris Climate accord, there is reason to […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan is now officially James Mattis’ war

Afghanistan is now officially James Mattis’ war

By Simon Reich | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump’s speech on his administration’s strategy in Afghanistan – in which he announced the introduction […]

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Bill of Rights
Shadowy US Covert Ops & Surveillance Abroad always Come Home

Shadowy US Covert Ops & Surveillance Abroad always Come Home

By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – [This piece has been adapted and expanded from the introduction to Alfred W. McCoy’s new book, […]

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Arab World
Is the Gulf Crisis bringing Iraq back into Arab World?

Is the Gulf Crisis bringing Iraq back into Arab World?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | ( Niqash.org ) | – – Countries like Saudi Arabia are showing new willingness to open diplomatic channels with Iraq. […]

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Donald Trump
Germany's Merkel: A Selfish & Isolationist America isn't "Great Again"

Germany’s Merkel: A Selfish & Isolationist America isn’t “Great Again”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In an interview with Handelsblatt , German Chancellor Angela Merkel took on Donald Trump’s philosophy directly. […]

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Donald Trump
Will Trump's Arpaio Pardon encourage more civil rights violations?

Will Trump’s Arpaio Pardon encourage more civil rights violations?

Steven Mulroy | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump may pardon Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who illegally used racial profiling to […]

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Books
A Turkish Woman in the Oedipus Complex: Orhan Pamuk’s “The Red-Haired Woman”

A Turkish Woman in the Oedipus Complex: Orhan Pamuk’s “The Red-Haired Woman”

By Erdağ Göknar | (Los Angeles Review of Books) | – – COULD A CONTEMPORARY STORY of love and vengeance set in Turkey have its […]

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Afghanistan
Is Trump planning permanent occupation of Afghanistan?

Is Trump planning permanent occupation of Afghanistan?

By Reese Erlich | ( 48Hills | – – What will 4,000 more US troops do that 100,000 troops couldn’t do before? On my first […]

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