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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

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Israel/ Palestine
In Resistance and Creativity, the Occupied Palestinians find Hope

In Resistance and Creativity, the Occupied Palestinians find Hope

By Victoria Brittain | (OpenDemocracy) | – – The village of Nabi Saleh is a story of resistance in the face of theft and violence. […]

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Majorities of Muslim Arabs in N. Africa want a Separation of Religion and State

Majorities of Muslim Arabs in N. Africa want a Separation of Religion and State

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – You know those silly anti-sharia laws passed by evangelicals in US state legislatures? They may as […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Is Donald Trump at War with the Republican Party?

Is Donald Trump at War with the Republican Party?

By Jack Rasmus | (TeleSur ) | – – Trump’s appeal is reminiscent of Reagan’s back in 1980 because of their unabashed attack on what […]

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Climate Change
Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence

Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence

By Simon Albert, Alistair Grinham, Badin Gibbes, Javier Leon, & John Church | (The Conversation) | – – Sea-level rise, erosion and coastal flooding are […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Chomsky - How the Elites' 'War on Terror' Multiplies Terror

Chomsky – How the Elites’ ‘War on Terror’ Multiplies Terror

By Noam Chomsky | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – [This piece, the second of two parts, is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Azarya Trial and Israeli Values:  Israeli soldier charged with Killing prostrate Assailant

Azarya Trial and Israeli Values: Israeli soldier charged with Killing prostrate Assailant

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The trial of an Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter for the point-blank shooting of a Palestinian […]

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Sadiq Khan and Trump:  Why KKK Donald's values are Unacceptable

Sadiq Khan and Trump: Why KKK Donald’s values are Unacceptable

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The charismatic young mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is calling out Donald Trump for his bigotry […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Can Europe compete with China in post-Sanction Iran?  Will the US Let it?

Can Europe compete with China in post-Sanction Iran? Will the US Let it?

By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | – – The cake is quite big, but everyone wants a slice. Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, visited […]

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Desertification
Can Leonardo DiCaprio save Iran's incredible shrinking Lake Urmia?

Can Leonardo DiCaprio save Iran’s incredible shrinking Lake Urmia?

By Tori Egherman | ( Globalvoices.org ) | – – In one “regram,” American actor Leonardo DiCaprio has brought a flood of attention to Iran's […]

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