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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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US will Ease Restrictions on Drones, Expand Usage

US will Ease Restrictions on Drones, Expand Usage

TeleSur | – – Speaking last month of reducing restrictions on drone usage, President Trump resorted to biblical language, saying “retribution will be fast and […]

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Betsy DeVos and "Real" Rape

Betsy DeVos and “Real” Rape

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – –             When I was in college in the early eighties, the dorm staff told us females […]

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Iranian Leader: Trump is "Disturbed," speaks like a Cowboy or Mobster

Iranian Leader: Trump is “Disturbed,” speaks like a Cowboy or Mobster

Iran president: if Trump reneges on nuclear deal, no one will ever trust the US again

Juan Cole

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How Colonialism, Inequality turbocharge Caribbean Hurricanes

How Colonialism, Inequality turbocharge Caribbean Hurricanes

Historical legacy of exploitation and poverty lingers

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Tweeting while the Planet Burns: Dystopia 2025

Tweeting while the Planet Burns: Dystopia 2025

From Afghanistan to Houston, US policy gone awry

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Yemen’s Children Are Being Shelled While the World Sits Back

Yemen’s Children Are Being Shelled While the World Sits Back

Both Houthis and Saudi Coalition continue to disregard civilian life

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The Anti-Bouazizi: Did Russia try to 'flash mob' a Trump Victory?

The Anti-Bouazizi: Did Russia try to ‘flash mob’ a Trump Victory?

Internet manipulation extended into real life rallies

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
How did the Persecution of Burma's Rohingya Arise?

How did the Persecution of Burma’s Rohingya Arise?

British Colonialism, Burmese Hyper-Natonalism, both played a role

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Much of U.S.'s Puerto Rico "Destroyed" by 138 mi/hr Storm, Pleads with Trump for Aid

Much of U.S.’s Puerto Rico “Destroyed” by 138 mi/hr Storm, Pleads with Trump for Aid

Climate Scientists predicted serial Super-Storms decades ago

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