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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
China

Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Israel/ Palestine
Livni Slams Netanyahu, Calls for Israeli Referendum on Two-state Solution

Livni Slams Netanyahu, Calls for Israeli Referendum on Two-state Solution

By IMEMC | – – Zionist Union member of the Israeli parliament of the Knesset, Tzipi Livni, called for a referendum, Saturday afternoon, over what […]

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After Trump bashed Brown Immigrants all Year, it's the British White Guy who tries to Kill Him

After Trump bashed Brown Immigrants all Year, it’s the British White Guy who tries to Kill Him

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump’s blatantly racist attacks on immigrants have all along had as their subtext the implication […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Terrorism
After Orlando: Twitter Recoils from Islamophobia, Takes Aim at Gun Laws

After Orlando: Twitter Recoils from Islamophobia, Takes Aim at Gun Laws

By Saif Shahin | ( Foreign Policy in Focus/ Lobelog) | – – An analysis of the Twitter conversation over 12 hours on the day […]

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Espionage
The Palmer Raids:  When Trump's Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled

The Palmer Raids: When Trump’s Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Marx said that every great event in history happens twice, the first time as tragedy and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel approves $18.6 mn in new funding for Squatter settlements in Palestinian West Bank

Israel approves $18.6 mn in new funding for Squatter settlements in Palestinian West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli government approved on Sunday the allocation of an additional 72 million shekels (about $18.6 […]

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Corruption
Why don't Technocrats think the cure for Iraqi Corruption more Democracy?  It is Everywhere Else!

Why don’t Technocrats think the cure for Iraqi Corruption more Democracy? It is Everywhere Else!

Usman W. Chohan | (The Conversation) | – – The tragedy of modern Iraq is often studied with a humanitarian, moral, religious, political or military […]

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African-Americans
Other Acts of Terror get Media Anniversaries, but not White Terrorists like Dylann Roof

Other Acts of Terror get Media Anniversaries, but not White Terrorists like Dylann Roof

By Bryan van Hulst Miranda | ( TeleSur) | – – A year after Roof was charged over the mass-killing of nine Black people in […]

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Pyrrhic Victory?  As Iraq rolls back Daesh, can it stay together as a Country?

Pyrrhic Victory? As Iraq rolls back Daesh, can it stay together as a Country?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – From all accounts, most people in Fallujah are very happy about being out from under the […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
FBI Director Schools Trump On American Muslims

FBI Director Schools Trump On American Muslims

Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, Kenny Hamilton, & Meredith Planko | (Young Turks Video) | – – “FBI director, James Comey, says that Donald Trump has […]

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