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Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?
Donald Trump

Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The E3 — France, Britain and Germany — successfully led a bid at the UN Security Council Friday to reimpose […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

09/28/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

09/28/2025 By Ramona Wadi

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Israel/ Palestine
Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu for War Crimes in Spain, South Africa

Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu for War Crimes in Spain, South Africa

IMEMC | – – South Africa issued, on Tuesday, an arrest warrant against four Israeli officials over their role in deadly attacks on pro-Palestinian international […]

contributors

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Grand Alliance against ISIL:  Can Putin come in from the Cold?

Grand Alliance against ISIL: Can Putin come in from the Cold?

By Brian Whitmore | ( RFE/RL ) | – – He wasn’t ostracized. He wasn’t isolated. And certainly nobody threatened to shirtfront him. In the […]

contributors

Barack Obama
A New Yalta?  Can France Craft an alliance of Putin & Obama against Daesh/ISIL?

A New Yalta? Can France Craft an alliance of Putin & Obama against Daesh/ISIL?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – French President Francois Hollande is seeking a new relationship with Russia after the attacks on Paris […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
2003:  Iraqi Governors who did not want Americans in their Country

2003: Iraqi Governors who did not want Americans in their Country

“Could we have a prudent pause?”

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Obama to Hawks:  You can’t Occupy all the Countries in the Middle East

Obama to Hawks: You can’t Occupy all the Countries in the Middle East

By John Hickman | (Informed Comment) | – – There was something very reassuring about President Obama’s delivery of a carefully reasoned explanation for his […]

contributors

Israel/ Palestine
Swedish FM worries about Muslim & Palestinian Youth Despair, draws Israeli Rebuke

Swedish FM worries about Muslim & Palestinian Youth Despair, draws Israeli Rebuke

By IMEMC | – – Following the Paris attacks on Friday, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom made a connection between Islamic State extremism and the […]

contributors

France
Paris attacks: how effective has the military response been?

Paris attacks: how effective has the military response been?

By Scott Lucas | (The Conversation) | – – Even as Parisians were trying to assess the scale of the attacks by Islamic State (IS) […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Non-Christian Refugee

Non-Christian Refugee

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Top 10 Reasons Governors are Wrong to Exclude Syrian Refugees

Top 10 Reasons Governors are Wrong to Exclude Syrian Refugees

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Some half of US governors have announced their opposition to their states taking in Syrian refugees […]

Juan Cole

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