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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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How Israel's Starvation of the Gaza Palestinians Has led Biden to try to Starve the Yemenis

How Israel’s Starvation of the Gaza Palestinians Has led Biden to try to Starve the Yemenis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The British Royal Air Force and the American Air Force bombed the Yemeni capital of Sanaa again on Tuesday, in […]

Juan Cole

Hamas
How much Influence does Iran have over its Strategic Allies -- Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis?

How much Influence does Iran have over its Strategic Allies — Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis?

By Sara Harmouch, American University and Nakissa Jahanbani, United States Military Academy West Point | – From attacks by rebels in the Red Sea to […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump’s Far Right Allies Plot to Take over the European Union and Sink its Green Deal

Trump’s Far Right Allies Plot to Take over the European Union and Sink its Green Deal

( Tomdispatch.com) – It would be funny if it weren’t so potentially tragic — and consequential. No, I’m not thinking about Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential […]

John Feffer

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How Israel got Stuck in Orwell's '1984'

How Israel got Stuck in Orwell’s ‘1984’

Oakland, Ca. (Special for Informed Comment; Feature) – As state paranoia rises in Israel, civil liberties including freedom of the press have taken a huge […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Bill of Rights
DeSantis’ Legacy Lives on in Unconstitutional Bills Banning Free Expression, Campus Palestine Groups

DeSantis’ Legacy Lives on in Unconstitutional Bills Banning Free Expression, Campus Palestine Groups

By Diane Rado ( Florida Phoenix ) – From threatening students’ free speech on college campuses to making it easier for powerful people to sue […]

Florida Phoenix

Houthi
Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their Attacks on Ships in the Red Sea

Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their Attacks on Ships in the Red Sea

By Sarah G. Phillips, University of Sydney | – As the Houthi militant group in Yemen ramps up its attacks on vessels in the Red […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
Catastrophic Displacement Crisis in Gaza is a New Phase in More than a Century of Expulsions by Israel

Catastrophic Displacement Crisis in Gaza is a New Phase in More than a Century of Expulsions by Israel

Glassboro, NJ (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As a scholar of war, migration, and refugee resettlement—but more importantly as a human being—I have watched […]

Jared Keyel

China
Iranian Economy Buoyed By ‘Dark Fleet’ Oil Shipments To China

Iranian Economy Buoyed By ‘Dark Fleet’ Oil Shipments To China

By Michael Scollon | – ( RFE/RL ) – More than 6,000 kilometers from Tehran, in treacherous waters off the shores of Singapore, a “dark […]

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Donald Trump
Trump 2.0: Re-Breaking America in his Image

Trump 2.0: Re-Breaking America in his Image

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Count on one thing: Donald Trump, who seems to gain Republican support with every new indictment, is not going away. He’s […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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