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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
As international support for an independent Palestine grows, here’s what Israelis and Palestinians now Think of the Two-state Solution

As international support for an independent Palestine grows, here’s what Israelis and Palestinians now Think of the Two-state Solution

By Colin John Irwin, University of Liverpool | – With the announcement by Norway and Ireland that they have recognised Palestine as an independent state, […]

The Conversation

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Erdogan Warns that Israel will come for Turkish Territory after Taking Gaza

Erdogan Warns that Israel will come for Turkish Territory after Taking Gaza

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment) -On May 15, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that Israel will “set eyes on Turkish territory” after Gaza. Erdoğan […]

Volkan Isbasaran

Bill of Rights
Protesting U of Texas-Dallas Arrest and Suspension of  Faculty and Students Peacefully Protesting against Gaza War

Protesting U of Texas-Dallas Arrest and Suspension of Faculty and Students Peacefully Protesting against Gaza War

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dr. Richard C. Benson President,  University of Texas at Dallas president@utdallas.edu . . . We […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Food Security
Housing, Not Handcuffs: The Moral Response to Homelessness

Housing, Not Handcuffs: The Moral Response to Homelessness

By Liz Theoharis and Shailly Gupta Barnes ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On April 22nd, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Grants Pass v. Johnson, […]

Tomdispatch

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Lawless: Washington Celebrates ICC ruling against Russia, Condemns Warrant Request for Israel

Lawless: Washington Celebrates ICC ruling against Russia, Condemns Warrant Request for Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Karim A.A. Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), said Monday that he is asking the ICC to issue […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Amal Clooney backs ICC call for Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu

Amal Clooney backs ICC call for Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu

( Middle East Monitor ) – Amal Clooney, wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney, and renowned human rights lawyer provided an “expert report” supporting the […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
What could President Raisi's Death mean for Stability in Iran and the Mideast?

What could President Raisi’s Death mean for Stability in Iran and the Mideast?

By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin | – A helicopter carrying Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials crashed in the […]

The Conversation

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Iranian President dead in Crash: Now comes the Night of Long Knives

Iranian President dead in Crash: Now comes the Night of Long Knives

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s Mehr News Service reported Monday morning Tehran time that President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died Sunday […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Insurers are Pulling out of Climate Risk Zones, Leaving Communities even more Vulnerable

Insurers are Pulling out of Climate Risk Zones, Leaving Communities even more Vulnerable

By Jessica Garcia | ( Otherwords ) – In an era of climate disasters, Americans in vulnerable regions will need to rely more than ever […]

OtherWords

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Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

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