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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?

10/01/2025 By William D. Hartung

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Iraq
Occupied by ISIL, Besieged by Iraq & US:  People of Fallujah lack Food, Firewood

Occupied by ISIL, Besieged by Iraq & US: People of Fallujah lack Food, Firewood

By Kamal al-Ayash | (Niqash.org) | – – In Islamic State-run Fallujah, locals say they’re running out of everything, including food and medicine. They’re running […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Dear GOP:  Top Myths about Syrian Refugees, refuted by Actual Facts

Dear GOP: Top Myths about Syrian Refugees, refuted by Actual Facts

By Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – Following the March 2016 bombings in Brussels, Donald Trump stated: We have to be smart […]

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Authoritarianism
The Panama Papers and Middle East Leaders’ Secret Bank Accounts

The Panama Papers and Middle East Leaders’ Secret Bank Accounts

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – An anonymous source has handed over to a German newspaper massive amounts of data from the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Autopsy confirms bullet fired by Israeli Soldier at point-blank range killed al-Sharif

Autopsy confirms bullet fired by Israeli Soldier at point-blank range killed al-Sharif

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM- (Ma’an) – The autopsy conducted on the body Abd al-Fatah al-Sharif on Sunday confirmed that the 21-year-old Palestinian […]

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National Security Agency
Is Trump Right on Torture?

Is Trump Right on Torture?

Written by Bridge Initiative Team | ( Bridge) | – – In the wake of the Belgium terrorist attacks, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has […]

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Haredim
Israel's "chained women" fight for right to divorce

Israel’s “chained women” fight for right to divorce

By Michael Blum | ( Your Middle East | – – Israel’s “chained women” fight for right to divorce. She is one of Israel’s “chained […]

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Arab World
After the Youth Revolts: Can the Arab Thug-ocracies ever be Reformed?

After the Youth Revolts: Can the Arab Thug-ocracies ever be Reformed?

By Yezid Sayigh | (Project Syndicate) | – – WASHINGTON, DC – Experience across the Arab world demonstrates that when it comes to security-sector reform, […]

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Far Right
Now that Trump has mainstreamed White Supremacists, are they in Politics to stay?

Now that Trump has mainstreamed White Supremacists, are they in Politics to stay?

By Peter Montgomery | (Otherwords) | – – The GOP frontrunner has turned white nationalists into political players. The staying power of Donald Trump’s presidential […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Why ISIL/ Daesh attracts Convicts and Felons, not the Pious

Why ISIL/ Daesh attracts Convicts and Felons, not the Pious

By Anne Aly | (The Conversation) | – – Media outlets were quick to note the criminal backgrounds of the perpetrators of last week’s Brussels […]

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