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When Politics Leaves Reality Behind
Conspiracy Theories

When Politics Leaves Reality Behind

Bahman Fozouni

Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The traditional left–right political spectrum no longer captures the forces driving division in America today. That model works […]

Rümeysa Öztürk freed, as Judge Warns of Grave Threat to Free Speech

Rümeysa Öztürk freed, as Judge Warns of Grave Threat to Free Speech

05/11/2025 By Common Dreams

Syrian Women and Children return to rebuild, leaving Husbands Behind

Syrian Women and Children return to rebuild, leaving Husbands Behind

05/11/2025 By Open Democracy

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Top Seven Things People Get Wrong About the Ukraine-Russia War

Top Seven Things People Get Wrong About the Ukraine-Russia War

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the Russo-Ukraine war drags into its third year, peace talks are finally underway in Jeddah, Saudi […]

Arnold Oliver

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Signalgate shows Trump bombing of Yemen just for Show, Ignores Dead Yemeni Children

Signalgate shows Trump bombing of Yemen just for Show, Ignores Dead Yemeni Children

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The high-level Trump administration Signal message thread on bombing Yemen on which someone on the staff of National Security Adviser […]

Juan Cole

Academic Freedom
Middle East Studies Assn, AAUP, and Knight Inst. file Lawsuit over Trump Arrests and Deportation for lawful Speech

Middle East Studies Assn, AAUP, and Knight Inst. file Lawsuit over Trump Arrests and Deportation for lawful Speech

Middle East Studies Association | – Policy has created “climate of fear and repression” on campuses around the country, groups say FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March […]

Middle East Studies Association

Authoritarianism
The “War on Terror” Comes Home in the Trump Era

The “War on Terror” Comes Home in the Trump Era

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Four years ago, I published Subtle Tools, a book on the erosion of American democratic norms in the face of what […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Dissent
Istanbul Mayor’s Arrest Sparks Türkiye’s Largest Protests in over a Decade

Istanbul Mayor’s Arrest Sparks Türkiye’s Largest Protests in over a Decade

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment) – Major protests over the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor of Istanbul and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main political […]

Volkan Isbasaran

Boycotts
Trouble at Tesla and Protests against Trump’s Tariffs suggest consumer Boycotts are starting to Bite

Trouble at Tesla and Protests against Trump’s Tariffs suggest consumer Boycotts are starting to Bite

By Erin O’Brien, Griffith University and Justine Coneybeer, Griffith University (The Conversation) – When the United States starts a trade war with your country, how […]

The Conversation

Academic Freedom
2025 Emergency National Statement to University and College Presidents from Faculty

2025 Emergency National Statement to University and College Presidents from Faculty

New England Scholars Speak / Action Network US Scholars: Speak Up for Liberty and Justice NOW Public Domain. Photo by Nataraj Munoli: https://www.pexels.com/photo/statue-of-liberty-66709/ March 2025 […]

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China
Can Trump’s Plan to Target China for its Oil Imports from Iran Succeed?

Can Trump’s Plan to Target China for its Oil Imports from Iran Succeed?

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Since returning to office in January, US President Donald Trump has reinstated the maximum pressure campaign of his […]

Neil Thompson

Syria
After Assad: Sectarian Violence and the Struggle for Syria’s Future

After Assad: Sectarian Violence and the Struggle for Syria’s Future

By Weliam Sejari ( Global Voices ) – The fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8, 2024, marked a pivotal moment in Syria’s […]

Global Voices

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