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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Chef José Andrés' World Central Kitchen Accuses Israel of "Targeted Attack" on 7 of its Aid Workers

Chef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen Accuses Israel of “Targeted Attack” on 7 of its Aid Workers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli fighter-jets routinely bomb dense urban areas, sometimes with massive bombs, in ways that President Joe Biden characterized as “indiscriminate.” […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
Secular Opposition Crushes pro-Islam AKP in Turkey's Local Elections

Secular Opposition Crushes pro-Islam AKP in Turkey’s Local Elections

( Globalvoices.org ) – Turkey’s local elections which took place on March 31, will go down in history as one of its most surprising. Turkey’s […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Anti-intellectualism
Protest of Columbia University’s Treatment of Dr. Kayum Ahmed over Teaching Palestine

Protest of Columbia University’s Treatment of Dr. Kayum Ahmed over Teaching Palestine

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Linda P. Fried Dean, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University lpfried@columbia.edu et al. […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Democratic Party
Poll: Most Americans don’t agree with Biden Administration’s support for Israel’s Military Campaign

Poll: Most Americans don’t agree with Biden Administration’s support for Israel’s Military Campaign

East Lansing, MI (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – For 176 days, the world has borne witness to Israel’s use of disproportionate, and arguably, genocidal […]

Nazita Lajevardi

Food Insecurity
Starvation in Gaza: The World Court's Latest Intervention

Starvation in Gaza: The World Court’s Latest Intervention

( Middle East Monitor ) – Rarely has the International Court of Justice (ICJ) been so constantly exercised by one topic during such a short […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Germany produced Record 175 TWh Energy with Wind, Solar in Past Year, as Wind Farms Surge

Germany produced Record 175 TWh Energy with Wind, Solar in Past Year, as Wind Farms Surge

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) The year 2023 was the windiest in Germany in more than 15 years, providing excellent […]

Clean Energy Wire

Displaced and Refugees
GOP Congressman calls for Gaza genocide: “It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima: Get it over Quick”

GOP Congressman calls for Gaza genocide: “It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima: Get it over Quick”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI), a former pastor, called this week for a genocide, the Final Solution of the Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
It’s Time to stop playing Politics with Immigrants’ Lives

It’s Time to stop playing Politics with Immigrants’ Lives

By Juan Carlos Gomez | ( Otherwords.com ) – When President Biden was campaigning in 2020, he pledged to strengthen our country by supporting and […]

OtherWords

Israel/ Palestine
The Most Dangerous Wars: When Local Conflicts become Geopolitics

The Most Dangerous Wars: When Local Conflicts become Geopolitics

By Walden Bello ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The three major wars or conflicts that are ongoing today demonstrate the volatility of the […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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