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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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Archaeology
Volcano-driven Climate Change Defeated Egypt's Ptolemies

Volcano-driven Climate Change Defeated Egypt’s Ptolemies

By Steven Young | ( The Watchers) | – – Around 245 BCE Ptolemy III, ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, made a decision […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Is racial bias driving Trump's neglect of Puerto Rico?

Is racial bias driving Trump’s neglect of Puerto Rico?

By Lauren Lluveras | (The Conversation) | – – The morning after Hurricane Maria blasted through Puerto Rico, I emailed my aunt to ask if […]

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Buddhism
Burma: New Satellite Images Confirm Mass Destruction of Rohingya

Burma: New Satellite Images Confirm Mass Destruction of Rohingya

Human Rights Watch | – – 288 Villages, Tens of Thousands of Structures Torched (New York) – Newly released satellite images reveal that at least […]

Juan Cole

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ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims

ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Raqqa, the capital of the ISIL phony “caliphate” in eastern Syria, has completely fallen, according to […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump told widow of slain Sgt., he "knew what he was getting into"

Trump told widow of slain Sgt., he “knew what he was getting into”

CBS News | (Video Report) | – – “U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson said that she was in the car when President Trump called the widow […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
Justice Roberts used bad Data to end Voting Rights Act & other shoddy SCOTUS Mistakes

Justice Roberts used bad Data to end Voting Rights Act & other shoddy SCOTUS Mistakes

By Ryan Gabrielson | ( ProPublica ) | – – ProPublica review adds fuel to a longstanding worry about the nation’s highest court: The justices […]

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Afghanistan
"Tell me how this Ends"- Gen. Petraeus has decided Forever War Doesn't

“Tell me how this Ends”- Gen. Petraeus has decided Forever War Doesn’t

Will we bequeath Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nigeria, Korea to our Grandchildren?

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Donald Trump
3 ways Trump's nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran's Mood

3 ways Trump’s nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran’s Mood

Iranian public opinion rejects further sanctions and is ready to walk away from deal

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Donald Trump
No, It Wasn't Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk

No, It Wasn’t Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia adjuncts have taken Kirkuk city and raised the Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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