Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

The Inevitable Transition in Iran
Featured

The Inevitable Transition in Iran

Bernard Hourcade

Economic grievances are now directly tied to the functioning and political structure of the Islamic Republic itself

The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump

The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump

01/14/2026 By The Conversation

Racing toward a Mad Max World

Racing toward a Mad Max World

01/14/2026 By Stan Cox

More Stories

African-Americans
The Return of Jim Crow in North Carolina

The Return of Jim Crow in North Carolina

By Lauren McCauley Rights Groups Call for Halt to 'Worst Since Jim Crow' Voting Law Hundreds of people were turned away outside of a packed […]

contributors

al-Qaeda
Oil and Terrorist Groups:  Iraq's ISIS, others Seeking Black Gold

Oil and Terrorist Groups: Iraq’s ISIS, others Seeking Black Gold

By Michael T. Klare via Tomdispatch Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, South Sudan, Ukraine, the East and South China Seas: wherever you look, the world is aflame […]

contributors

Afghanistan
Bush Trifecta lands on Obama: Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan Imploding

Bush Trifecta lands on Obama: Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan Imploding

By Juan Cole President Barack Obama of Hawaii had fondly dreamed of bidding turbulent and unrewarding West Asia farewell and turning the attentions of American […]

Juan Cole

Counter-Terrorism
Not Serious re: Terrorism:  GOP House Cut out funding for al-Qaeda, Iraq Records & Research

Not Serious re: Terrorism: GOP House Cut out funding for al-Qaeda, Iraq Records & Research

Representatives on the Hill talk a good game about going back into Iraq or pursuing a global war on terror, but they aren’t actually very […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Mother Of Murdered Israeli Teen Condemns anti-Palestinian Violence

Mother Of Murdered Israeli Teen Condemns anti-Palestinian Violence

“With the Israeli army saying it is commencing a new military operation against Gaza, and Hamas vowing revenge, the words of a mother of a […]

contributors

Surveillance
German who spied on Parliament for NSA recruited by CIA

German who spied on Parliament for NSA recruited by CIA

By Nadia Prupis The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) took part in a spying operation against Germany that led to the arrest of a double agent […]

contributors

Iraq
Iraq: Al-Baghadi Criticizes Wealthy Gulf Leaders, as Russia, Iran, Gun for Him

Iraq: Al-Baghadi Criticizes Wealthy Gulf Leaders, as Russia, Iran, Gun for Him

By: Sami Kleib There was no mention of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s speech. However, he did make a statement that […]

contributors

Apartheid
Gaza by the Numbers: Who the People are, how They got There

Gaza by the Numbers: Who the People are, how They got There

By Juan Cole Population of Palestinians of Gaza: 1.7 million Number of Palestinians in Gaza whose families were expelled as refugees from their homes in […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
Exiled Governor of Mosul: We Need Local Troops to Take it Back

Exiled Governor of Mosul: We Need Local Troops to Take it Back

niqash | Special Correspondent | Erbil | Prominent Sunni Muslim politician, Atheel al-Nujaifi, who is also the governor of Ninawa province in-exile, talks about why […]

contributors

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 1878
  • Page 1879
  • Page 1880
  • Page 1881
  • Page 1882
  • …
  • Page 3069
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

censorship

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Human Rights Watch

Dissent

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

The Conversation

Featured

Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Farhang Jahanpour

Donald Trump

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Richard Drake

Popular

  • California's Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
  • Could Trump's Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?
  • ‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy
  • Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?
  • Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved