Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

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

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 […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

More Stories

Israel/ Palestine
Racist Israeli Youth attack Israeli Soldiers, shouting "You are Arabs!"

Racist Israeli Youth attack Israeli Soldiers, shouting “You are Arabs!”

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) –Two Israeli soldiers were attacked on Friday night in a public park in the town of Pardes […]

contributors

Donald Trump
White Supremacy was already dying in the 1860s & can't be Revived

White Supremacy was already dying in the 1860s & can’t be Revived

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – One statue of Robert E. Lee that will probably remain standing is at the battlefield of […]

contributors

Featured
Trump Pledged to Carpet Bomb ISIL, but Little Lebanon is Taking them On

Trump Pledged to Carpet Bomb ISIL, but Little Lebanon is Taking them On

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Lebanese Army has mobilized to clean out an ISIL enclave in a mountainous region on […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Despite Disavowals, Leading Tech Companies Help Extremist Sites Monetize Hate

Despite Disavowals, Leading Tech Companies Help Extremist Sites Monetize Hate

By Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Madeleine Varner and Lauren Kirchner | ( ProPublica ) | – – Because of its “extreme hostility toward Muslims,” the […]

contributors

Islam-hatred
‘Not in Our Name!’: Barcelona Muslims Denounce Attacks

‘Not in Our Name!’: Barcelona Muslims Denounce Attacks

TeleSur | – – The crowd chanted slogans such as “Islam is peace!” and “They are not Muslims, they are terrorists!” In the wake of […]

contributors

Counter-Terrorism
Are ISIL recruits more street gang members than zealots?

Are ISIL recruits more street gang members than zealots?

By James L. Gelvin | (The Conversation) | – – The recent terrorist attacks in Spain and Finland once again compel us to ask: Who […]

contributors

China
Trump fires Bannon: Who are the Winners & Losers Globally?

Trump fires Bannon: Who are the Winners & Losers Globally?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Steve Bannon by his own admission promoted the Breitbart webzine as a mouthpiece of white supremacism, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Largest Wildfire on Record is raging in Greenland, as Ice Melt Speeds Up

Largest Wildfire on Record is raging in Greenland, as Ice Melt Speeds Up

By Kathryn Adamson | (The Conversation) | – – The largest wildfire ever recorded in Greenland was recently spotted close to the west coast town […]

contributors

Displaced and Refugees
Arab World:  Is it Still a War if Civilians are mostly the Targets?

Arab World: Is it Still a War if Civilians are mostly the Targets?

By Dr. Hanif Hassan Al Qassim | (Inter Press Service) | – – GENEVA, Switzerland (IPS) – The war in Syria has now entered its […]

contributors

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 1256
  • Page 1257
  • Page 1258
  • Page 1259
  • Page 1260
  • …
  • Page 3015
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Greece

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Global Voices

Israel/ Palestine

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

The Conversation

Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Human Rights Watch

Popular

  • Trump to Xi: 'Hold our Beer' - EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
  • Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
  • Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?
  • Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)
  • Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved