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Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?
Donald Trump

Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The E3 — France, Britain and Germany — successfully led a bid at the UN Security Council Friday to reimpose […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

09/28/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

09/28/2025 By Ramona Wadi

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Some Israeli Officials Backing ‘Shoot-to-Kill’ disarmed Palestinian Suspects

Some Israeli Officials Backing ‘Shoot-to-Kill’ disarmed Palestinian Suspects

Human Rights Watch | – – Calls for Extrajudicial Killings of Palestinian Suspects Proliferate (New York) – Some senior Israeli officials have been encouraging Israeli […]

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Donald Trump
Iran confident Trump's bond with Putin will Benefit it, too

Iran confident Trump’s bond with Putin will Benefit it, too

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran’s pundits are confident that the country is sitting in the catbird seat. They are elated […]

Juan Cole

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Turkey's Syrian blowback

Turkey’s Syrian blowback

London (Informed Comment) – With the New Year terrorist attack in Istanbul now being claimed by the Islamic State (IS) movement, it is clear that […]

Neil Thompson

Dissent
Can Popular Mobilization & Sanctuary stop Trump's Deportation Plans?

Can Popular Mobilization & Sanctuary stop Trump’s Deportation Plans?

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Cost, impossible logistics, political opposition, and community resistance could spell the end of the president-elect’s […]

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GOP Russia Hawks attack Trump:  McCain Says he Must 'Stand Up' to Putin

GOP Russia Hawks attack Trump: McCain Says he Must ‘Stand Up’ to Putin

TeleSur | – – On Friday, Trump congratulated Putin for not retaliating to Obama’s expulsions. On the same day a top aide to President-elect Donald […]

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Authoritarianism
Preparing for the Normalization of a Neofascist White House

Preparing for the Normalization of a Neofascist White House

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It is 2017, and shortly the White House will be inhabited by an unscrupulous, corrupt narcissist […]

Juan Cole

Russia
No, it's not a new Cold War: The USSR is Gone Forever

No, it’s not a new Cold War: The USSR is Gone Forever

By Ghia Nodia | (Project Syndicate) | – – MOSCOW – This New Year’s Eve marks the 25th anniversary of the formal dissolution of the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
2016: A deadly year in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

2016: A deadly year in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The past year has been one of the deadliest and most violent in recent years for […]

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Authoritarianism
Wall Street Journal Wouldn't Call a Lie a Lie If Trump Says It

Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Call a Lie a Lie If Trump Says It

TeleSur | – – The paper is worried about objectivity, said WSJ editor-in-chief Gerard Baker. The Wall Street Journal would not call a lie a […]

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