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Iraqi Shiites Demand Expulsion of US Troops after Israel Attacks Iran
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Iraqi Shiites Demand Expulsion of US Troops after Israel Attacks Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli-Iranian War of 2025 has put Iraq in an extremely difficult situation. The country’s Shiite majority sympathizes with Iran […]

American Spring? How nonviolent Protest in the US is Accelerating

American Spring? How nonviolent Protest in the US is Accelerating

06/16/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Approaching the End of Liberal Internationalism: Will America Ever Rejoin the International Community?

Approaching the End of Liberal Internationalism: Will America Ever Rejoin the International Community?

06/16/2025 By John Feffer

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Displaced and Refugees
Forced Migration as a Strategy of War: Israel's Mass Displacement of Gaza Palestinians

Forced Migration as a Strategy of War: Israel’s Mass Displacement of Gaza Palestinians

By Nicholas R. Micinski, University of Maine; Adam G. Lichtenheld, Stanford University: and Kelsey Norman, Rice University | – As a result of the monthslong […]

The Conversation

Egypt
Not "Surrounded by Enemies:" Regional Powers Egypt and Turkey retain Ties with Israel during Gaza  Conflict despite Critical Rhetoric

Not “Surrounded by Enemies:” Regional Powers Egypt and Turkey retain Ties with Israel during Gaza Conflict despite Critical Rhetoric

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A recent conversation in Israel was reported by The Forward: “‘We are surrounded by our enemies,’ muttered a […]

Mohamed Jegham

Apartheid
World Health Organization: Gaza faces Epidemics; 449 Israeli Attacks on Health Services in Palestine

World Health Organization: Gaza faces Epidemics; 449 Israeli Attacks on Health Services in Palestine

( Middle East Monitor ) – World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday confirmed more than 449 attacks on health services in […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
Trump 2.0 and the Real Deep State

Trump 2.0 and the Real Deep State

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Recently, on a commuter train, I ran into an acquaintance who works for a government agency here in Washington, D.C. Soon […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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Half of Palestinians in Gaza are now Starving;  Depriving Civilians of Food is a War Crime

Half of Palestinians in Gaza are now Starving; Depriving Civilians of Food is a War Crime

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations warned on Saturday that half the population of Gaza is now starving. The World Food Programme (WFP) […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Tipping Points are Nearer than you Think — Our New Report Warns of Catastrophic Risk

Climate Tipping Points are Nearer than you Think — Our New Report Warns of Catastrophic Risk

By James Dyke, University of Exeter and David Armstrong McKay, Stockholm University | – It’s now almost inevitable that 2023 will be the warmest year […]

The Conversation

Arab World
Moscow and Gaza: Is Russia ready for a major Shift in its Middle East Policy?

Moscow and Gaza: Is Russia ready for a major Shift in its Middle East Policy?

( Middle East Monitor ) – Gaza was among the main topics on the agenda of Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrived in the […]

Ramzy Baroud

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On How Israeli/US War Crimes in Gaza are orders of Magnitude Worse than those of Russia in Ukraine

On How Israeli/US War Crimes in Gaza are orders of Magnitude Worse than those of Russia in Ukraine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration has spent most of its diplomatic energy since the February 24, 2022, Russian invasion of Ukraine marshaling […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Why Yemen’s Houthis are Intervening in the Israel-Hamas Conflict and how it Could Disrupt Global Shipping

Why Yemen’s Houthis are Intervening in the Israel-Hamas Conflict and how it Could Disrupt Global Shipping

By Leena Adel, Curtin University; and Ben Rich, Curtin University | – In recent days, three Israeli-linked commercial vessels were targeted by ballistic missiles and […]

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