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The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict
Donald Trump

The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict

Volkan Isbasaran

On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the NATO summit at the Hague. His office […]

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

06/25/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

06/25/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Israel/ Palestine
Is Netanyahu Readying the next Israeli Assault on Blockaded Gaza?

Is Netanyahu Readying the next Israeli Assault on Blockaded Gaza?

By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – It is not true that only three wars have taken place since Hamas won parliamentary […]

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Africa
Kaj Larsen Gives a Debriefing on Boko Haram (Vice)

Kaj Larsen Gives a Debriefing on Boko Haram (Vice)

Kaj Larsen gives a view into the workings of the infamous Nigerian Islamist group, Boko Haram

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Israel frets about "Iran as Neighbor" if Aleppo falls & al-Assad Regime Wins

Israel frets about “Iran as Neighbor” if Aleppo falls & al-Assad Regime Wins

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – An Arabic site that aggregates Facebook and other social media postings reports that Israeli officials are […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Would Trump or Cruz be worst President ever?  & Why Jimmy Carter's Answer will Surprise you

Would Trump or Cruz be worst President ever? & Why Jimmy Carter’s Answer will Surprise you

By Ana Kasparian & John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Who would be worse for America as President, Donald Trump […]

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Militarization
After 14 Years it sinks in:  Maybe US is just not Good at Asian Counter-Insurgency

After 14 Years it sinks in: Maybe US is just not Good at Asian Counter-Insurgency

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Here’s my twenty-first-century rule of thumb about this country: if you have to say it over and […]

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Israel/ Palestine
European Union rebukes Israel for home demolitions, squatter settlement expansion in Palestine

European Union rebukes Israel for home demolitions, squatter settlement expansion in Palestine

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The European Union on Saturday called on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes in the occupied […]

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Republican Party
Parable of the Elephant  (GOP Pathologies)

Parable of the Elephant (GOP Pathologies)

Paul Jamiol | ( Jamiol’s World Cartoon ) | – – Via Jamiol’s World . Wikipedia notes: “Rumi, the 13th Century Persian poet and teacher […]

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5 Worst Foreign Policy Moments of GOP New Hampshire Debate

5 Worst Foreign Policy Moments of GOP New Hampshire Debate

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The New Hampshire GOP debate’s most charged moments were probably more domestic, as with Chris Christie […]

Juan Cole

Torture
As GOP Candidates pledge return of Torture, Pentagon forced to release Bush-era Abuse Photos

As GOP Candidates pledge return of Torture, Pentagon forced to release Bush-era Abuse Photos

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) ‘What the photos that the government has suppressed would show is that abuse was so widespread that it […]

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