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Psychopathocracy 3.0
Donald Trump

Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

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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Like LBJ, Biden let a Catastrophic Foreign Conflict Stain his Domestic Legacy: He must end the Gaza War Now

Like LBJ, Biden let a Catastrophic Foreign Conflict Stain his Domestic Legacy: He must end the Gaza War Now

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Presidents have two major legacies, on domestic policy and on foreign policy. Big foreign policy mistakes can throw even gargantuan […]

Juan Cole

Artificial Intelligence
Massive IT Outage spotlights major Vulnerabilities in the global information Ecosystem

Massive IT Outage spotlights major Vulnerabilities in the global information Ecosystem

By Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | – (The Conversation) – The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, that paralyzed organizations […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
'Ticking Time Bomb': International Alarm as Poliovirus Found in Gaza Sewage

‘Ticking Time Bomb’: International Alarm as Poliovirus Found in Gaza Sewage

By Edward Carver | – ( Commondreams.org ) – Poliovirus has been detected in sewage samples at six locations in the Gaza Strip, the World […]

Common Dreams

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Trump's Project 2025 abolishes Medicare; We need to Fight Back and Expand it

Trump’s Project 2025 abolishes Medicare; We need to Fight Back and Expand it

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, framed by former Trump administration staffers and secretly endorsed by Trump himself, […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

International Court of Justice
World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid, says its Presence in Palestinian Territories is Illegal

World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid, says its Presence in Palestinian Territories is Illegal

Human Rights Watch – (New York) –  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion on July 19, 2024, with significant consequences for human rights protections in […]

Human Rights Watch

Houthi
Israel's Eilat Port has been Bankrupted by the Houthis supporting Palestinians of Gaza

Israel’s Eilat Port has been Bankrupted by the Houthis supporting Palestinians of Gaza

By Mustafa Abdulsalam | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli port of Eilat officially declared its bankruptcy, after eight months of complete […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Over half of Turkey's Electricity now comes from Renewables as it seeks to Escape Energy Dependence on Russia

Over half of Turkey’s Electricity now comes from Renewables as it seeks to Escape Energy Dependence on Russia

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye is finally making strides toward a renewable grid. In the first half of 2024, according to the energy think […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why are North American Synagogues selling Palestinians' Real Estate in the West Bank?

Why are North American Synagogues selling Palestinians’ Real Estate in the West Bank?

( The New Arab ) – The marketing of ‘Anglo neighbourhoods’ in the occupied West Bank at real estate events in synagogues in Toronto, Los […]

Yoav Litvin

Artificial Intelligence
A.I. may kill us All, but not the Way you Think

A.I. may kill us All, but not the Way you Think

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The conventional Artificial Intelligence doomsday scenario runs like this. A robot acquires sentience and decides for some reason […]

John Feffer

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