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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

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How Trump is Demolishing U. S. Global Power and its World Order

How Trump is Demolishing U. S. Global Power and its World Order

10/06/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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How Long can Qatar defy its powerful neighbors? It depends on Trump

How Long can Qatar defy its powerful neighbors? It depends on Trump

By Nader Habibi | (Conversation) | – – The recent decision by half the nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and a few other […]

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Climate Change
Don't get mad over Trump's Climate Policies, Get Even

Don’t get mad over Trump’s Climate Policies, Get Even

By Michael Brune | ( Otherwords.org ) | – – The White House may have accidentally sparked a revolution in efforts to address climate change. […]

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Mattis overrules Trump on Qatari "terrorism," sells it $12 bn in F-15s

Mattis overrules Trump on Qatari “terrorism,” sells it $12 bn in F-15s

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis defied his boss Donald Trump on Wednesday and inked a deal […]

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The top 4 Challenges facing the Arab World

The top 4 Challenges facing the Arab World

By Tarek Osman | (Project Syndicate) | – – LONDON – Fifty years after the Six Days War, the Middle East remains a region in […]

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The End of pan-Arab Media?  Governments Ban whole Channels, Fine Fans

The End of pan-Arab Media? Governments Ban whole Channels, Fine Fans

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Arab countries engaged in a dispute with Qatar have shut down media outlets with links to or […]

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Corruption
Did Sessions and Trump conspire to obstruct justice?

Did Sessions and Trump conspire to obstruct justice?

By Clark D. Cunningham | (The Conversation) | – – Did Attorney General Jeff Sessions conspire with President Donald Trump to fabricate a false story […]

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Climate Change
Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy

Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia has gotten too big for its britches, and the oil-producing Middle East is turning […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Sessions on Harris's Questions re: Russia: "It makes me Nervous"

Sessions on Harris’s Questions re: Russia: “It makes me Nervous”

TeleSur | – – Sessions’ testimony did not provide any damaging new information on alleged Trump campaign ties with Russia. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on […]

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Climate Change
Science: Back Electric Cars if your City wants to defy Trump & Go Green

Science: Back Electric Cars if your City wants to defy Trump & Go Green

By Daniel Cohan | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement reaffirmed what was already clear: The […]

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