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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

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It Could Happen To You: How Trump Could Make America Less Democratic

It Could Happen To You: How Trump Could Make America Less Democratic

By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – Could Donald Trump destroy American democracy? While he muses carelessly about assassinating Hillary Clinton and […]

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Iran
The Short-Lived Russia-Iran Axis

The Short-Lived Russia-Iran Axis

By Michael G. Roskin | (Informed Comment) | – – Russian use of an Iranian airbase led some to see a Russia-Iran axis. They jumped […]

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Arab Spring
Gilbert Achcar, Morbid Symptoms:  Relapse in the Arab Uprising

Gilbert Achcar, Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising

Notice: Gilbert Achcar, Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising In this eagerly awaited book, foremost Arab world and international affairs specialist Gilbert Achcar analyzes […]

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Is Turkey's Pivot to Russia about Erdogan's Survival?

Is Turkey’s Pivot to Russia about Erdogan’s Survival?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey’s prime minister, Yildirim Binali, has announced a significant about-face in Turkey’s Syria policy. Murat Yetkin […]

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US-Allied Kurds advance in Hasaka City, NE Syria

US-Allied Kurds advance in Hasaka City, NE Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Clashes continued on Sunday between the Kurdish YPG [People’s Protection Units] and the Syrian Arab Army […]

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Houthi
Ex-president Saleh offers 'all Yemen's facilities' to Russia

Ex-president Saleh offers ‘all Yemen’s facilities’ to Russia

By Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | – – In a TV interview today, Yemen’s ex-president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, appeared to invite Russian military intervention […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel planning new Squatter settlement near Bethlehem to 'cut Palestine's West Bank in two'

Israel planning new Squatter settlement near Bethlehem to ‘cut Palestine’s West Bank in two’

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities have been conducting a land survey in the southern occupied West Bank near Bethlehem […]

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Far Right
The Republicans who fear that Trump isn't Belligerent Enough

The Republicans who fear that Trump isn’t Belligerent Enough

By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – What Does It Mean When War Hawks Say, “Never Trump”? The Enemies of My Enemy […]

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Saudis bomb Sanaa during "Million-Person march"

Saudis bomb Sanaa during “Million-Person march”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Houthi Ansarullah Movement that controls most of north and west Yemen staged what was by […]

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