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The Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, and the Collapse of Collective Security
Donald Trump

The Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, and the Collapse of Collective Security

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Within the span of 24 hours in early September, Russia deployed drones into Polish airspace, and […]

Federal Court:  Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

Federal Court: Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

10/01/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

Veterans for Peace and Justice: Can Warriors Stop Endless Wars?<

Veterans for Peace and Justice: Can Warriors Stop Endless Wars?<

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Trump and Extreme Vetting of Muslims

Trump and Extreme Vetting of Muslims

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In an attempt at a foreign policy speech in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday, Donald Trump attempted […]

Juan Cole

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Top 5 Ways Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad is a Better American than Trump

Top 5 Ways Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad is a Better American than Trump

Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first American woman athlete to compete in the Olympics wearing the hijab or Muslim head-covering, is a fatal complication to Donald Trump’s […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
2 out of 5 Palestinian youth in Israeli-occupied Palestine unemployed

2 out of 5 Palestinian youth in Israeli-occupied Palestine unemployed

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two out of five Palestinian youth were unemployed during the first quarter of 2016, according to […]

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Syria
10 Children Killed in Saudi Airstrike on Yemeni School

10 Children Killed in Saudi Airstrike on Yemeni School

TeleSur | – – The Saudi-led coalition admitted children were at the site of the airstrike but jets “don’t distinguish ages” during attacks. At least […]

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People in Syria's Manbij Rejoice by Shaving, throwing off Veil as ISIL fighters Flee

People in Syria’s Manbij Rejoice by Shaving, throwing off Veil as ISIL fighters Flee

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – People in Syria’s norther town of Manbij, now entirely liberated from the rule of Daesh (ISIS, […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Climate Change Terror as Deserts Bury 2/3s of African Lands

Climate Change Terror as Deserts Bury 2/3s of African Lands

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, (IPS) – Two-thirds of the African continent is already desert or dry-lands. But while […]

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ISIL fighter number falls to 15,000 as Manbij capture Cuts off Route to Europe

ISIL fighter number falls to 15,000 as Manbij capture Cuts off Route to Europe

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | AP is reporting that Lieutenant General Sean MacFarland maintains that the number of ISIL fighters in Syria and […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Monsters to Destroy:  Top 7 Reasons the US could not have forestalled Syrian Civil War

Monsters to Destroy: Top 7 Reasons the US could not have forestalled Syrian Civil War

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The interventionist temptation, muted since the Iraq imbroglio, is now returning. Sec. Clinton’s team are already […]

Juan Cole

National Security State
If the Military had Permission to Speak Freely:  They might rescue us from the Politicians' Forever War

If the Military had Permission to Speak Freely: They might rescue us from the Politicians’ Forever War

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The United States is now engaged in perpetual war with victory nowhere in sight.  Iraq […]

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