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

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Sanders:  "Tough Guy Trump" is afraid to Debate me

Sanders: “Tough Guy Trump” is afraid to Debate me

TeleSur | – – Trump initially told reporters he would “love to debate Bernie.” The Republican nominee flip flopped from his initial openess to debating […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel's demolition orders against West Bank water wells 'atrocious':  PM

Israel’s demolition orders against West Bank water wells ‘atrocious’: PM

Ma’an News Agency | – – Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah gestures during an interview at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah […]

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US Spec Ops Troops on Front Line in Syria with Leftist Kurdish Insignia: AFP

US Spec Ops Troops on Front Line in Syria with Leftist Kurdish Insignia: AFP

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Agence France Presse got the scoop on Thursday, with their reporters in Fatisa just 19 miles […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel of Accused of Whitewashing Soldiers' Abuses

Israel of Accused of Whitewashing Soldiers’ Abuses

TeleSur | = = Human rights group B’Tselem said it will continue to document human rights violations carried out by Israel and to report on […]

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Democracy
Iran's Pres. Rouhani may have parliamentary backing, but can he remake Iran?

Iran’s Pres. Rouhani may have parliamentary backing, but can he remake Iran?

By Nader Habibi | (The Conversation) | – – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his policies are set to get a boost this week after […]

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Fossil Fuels
Future of Petro-States Dim as Oil Prices sink and Teslas are on Horizon

Future of Petro-States Dim as Oil Prices sink and Teslas are on Horizon

By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Pity the poor petro-states. Once so wealthy from oil sales that they could finance wars, mega-projects, […]

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Iraq's Fallujah: Grand Ayatollah Sistani Calls on Shiite Forces to protect Civilians

Iraq’s Fallujah: Grand Ayatollah Sistani Calls on Shiite Forces to protect Civilians

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Wednesday called on both regular Iraqi army forces and the popular […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan:  New Taliban leader between Drones, ISIL & Negotiations

Afghanistan: New Taliban leader between Drones, ISIL & Negotiations

By Michael Semple | (The Conversation) | – – The May 21 drone strike that killed Taliban leader Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor was no ordinary assassination; […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Time to end the ‘hasbara’: Palestinian media and the search for a common story

Time to end the ‘hasbara’: Palestinian media and the search for a common story

By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – Merely being in the company of hundreds of Palestinian journalists and other media professionals from […]

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