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Psychopathocracy 3.0
Donald Trump

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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Displaced and Refugees
UN Human Rights Experts Blast Israel over "credible" Reports of Rape, Sexual Abuse, Arbitrary Imprisonment of Palestinian Women

UN Human Rights Experts Blast Israel over “credible” Reports of Rape, Sexual Abuse, Arbitrary Imprisonment of Palestinian Women

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli Newspaper Arab 48 reports that United Nations officials have expressed the utmost anxiety about information that has reached […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Destruction of Gaza's Historic Buildings is an act of 'Urbicide'

The Destruction of Gaza’s Historic Buildings is an act of ‘Urbicide’

By Yousif Al-Daffaie, Nottingham Trent University | – Buildings are often celebrated as symbols of history, political events and creative expression. However, the simplest, most […]

The Conversation

Artificial Intelligence
AI Behavior, Human Destiny and the Rise of the Killer Robots

AI Behavior, Human Destiny and the Rise of the Killer Robots

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, it’s already time to be worried — very worried. As the wars in Ukraine and Gaza have shown, the earliest […]

Michael T. Klare

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Biden, tired of being "Genocide Joe," Finally Blinks, will push UN Resolution for Temporary Gaza Ceasefire

Biden, tired of being “Genocide Joe,” Finally Blinks, will push UN Resolution for Temporary Gaza Ceasefire

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Julian Borger at The Guardian says he has seen a draft US proposal for a United Nations Security Council calling […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's War on the Bodies of Palestinian Women

Israel’s War on the Bodies of Palestinian Women

Written byRaseef22 Read this post in українська   Freed Palestinian prisoner Ruba Assi was welcomed as a hero upon her release in the prisoner exchange […]

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Biodiversity
Fighting Climate Change by Halting Overfishing

Fighting Climate Change by Halting Overfishing

By Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia | – Amid the escalating threats of a warming world, and with the latest annual United Nations global […]

The Conversation

Apartheid
Brazil's Lula compares Netanyahu to Hitler: How Fascist is Israel's War on Palestinians?

Brazil’s Lula compares Netanyahu to Hitler: How Fascist is Israel’s War on Palestinians?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stirred controversy when he said, “What is happening in the Gaza Strip and […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
From Ukraine to Lebanon, a tale of two Marias

From Ukraine to Lebanon, a tale of two Marias

On a fateful day in February 2022, Ibrahim al-Marashi found himself praying in two religions for two Marias. In a world where narcissism and conflict […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Climate Crisis
Is there a Place for Dams and Hydropower to combat Global Heating?

Is there a Place for Dams and Hydropower to combat Global Heating?

By Joshua Frank

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