Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

More Stories

Constitution
Dems on Hill line up with Obama on Iran Deal after GOP Letter Stunt

Dems on Hill line up with Obama on Iran Deal after GOP Letter Stunt

By Luke Johnson | (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON — Democratic Party backers of a bipartisan bill requiring congressional review of a potential deal to limit Iran’s nuclear […]

contributors

Constitution
The Letter:  Top 5 Similarities of GOP and Iran Hard Liners

The Letter: Top 5 Similarities of GOP and Iran Hard Liners

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – 47 GOP senators sent a letter to Iran on Monday warning that country that any agreement only signed […]

Juan Cole

Education
Oklahoma: SAE Fraternity has Troubled History of Race Vandalism, Hazing

Oklahoma: SAE Fraternity has Troubled History of Race Vandalism, Hazing

KJRH-TV | (Tulsa) – An Oklahoma station reports that SAE fraternity members have been involved in anti-Semitic and anti-Native American acts of vandalism as well […]

contributors

Constitution
Iran FM Zarif Schools GOP Senators on Int'l Law:  This is a UNSC Resolution

Iran FM Zarif Schools GOP Senators on Int’l Law: This is a UNSC Resolution

From the web page of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Dr. Zarif’s Response to the Letter of US Senators Asked about the open letter […]

contributors

Israel
Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman Suggests Decapitation for Disloyal Arabs

Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman Suggests Decapitation for Disloyal Arabs

By IMEMC News | – Israeli Foreign Minister and the head of Yisrael Beiteinu Party, Avigdor Lieberman, lashed out at Israel’s Arab citizens, Sunday, threatening […]

contributors

Iraq
From Iraq's Next big Front:  Kurdish Fighters Closing in on Mosul

From Iraq’s Next big Front: Kurdish Fighters Closing in on Mosul

VICE News | – “With the timeline unclear for a forthcoming US-led coalition assault on the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Mosul, Kurdish peshmerga fighters […]

contributors

Education
Bombing Iran:  What would Happen if the Hawks got their Way?

Bombing Iran: What would Happen if the Hawks got their Way?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Some of those who believe that Iran’s civilian nuclear enrichment program is inevitably dual use (that it can […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Is Israel’s Election about enacting Jim Crow for 20% of its Citizens?

Is Israel’s Election about enacting Jim Crow for 20% of its Citizens?

By Jo Roberts | (Informed Comment) – Israelis go to the polls on March 17 to elect a new government. The incoming Knesset will face […]

contributors

Foreign Policy
Treason of the Wonks:   How to Create a National Insecurity State

Treason of the Wonks: How to Create a National Insecurity State

By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) – Policy intellectuals — eggheads presuming to instruct the mere mortals who actually run for office — are a […]

contributors

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 1694
  • Page 1695
  • Page 1696
  • Page 1697
  • Page 1698
  • …
  • Page 3017
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Israel/ Palestine

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure onĀ Israel

The Conversation

Donald Trump

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

Rebecca Gordon

Corporations

Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts

F. Douglas Stephenson

Arab League

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

Foreign Policy in Focus

Popular

  • California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
  • From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming
  • Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts
  • Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty
  • Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved