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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates
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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates

Juan Cole

A bloc is attempting to deep-six the pledge made at COP28 to “transition away from fossil fuels.”

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Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

11/21/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

11/21/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When Israel launched an attack on Doha in September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders convened an emergency summit. […]

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

  by Dr Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) – He had moments of discomfort and embarrassment – pressed into calling the Qatari prime […]

Binoy Kampmark

China
How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Ours would be the normal story of imperial powers rising and falling on Planet Earth — nothing new there, of course […]

Tom Engelhardt

Authoritarianism
As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

Arnold Oliver

Donald Trump
The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

  by Ronny P Sasmita ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Gaza plan unveiled by Donald Trump and reluctantly accepted by Israeli Prime Minister […]

Middle East Monitor

Arab World
Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin The US president, Donald Trump, unveiled a 20-point proposal to end the war in Gaza on September 29. The […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
The Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, and the Collapse of Collective Security

The Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, and the Collapse of Collective Security

San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Within the span of 24 hours in early September, Russia deployed drones into Polish airspace, and […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Authoritarianism
Federal Court:  Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

Federal Court: Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

Middle East Studies Association | – NB: The MESA news release below has been expanded with extended quotes from the Knight First Amendment Institute and […]

Middle East Studies Association

Nonviolence
Veterans for Peace and Justice: Can Warriors Stop Endless Wars?

Veterans for Peace and Justice: Can Warriors Stop Endless Wars?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the former “Fox and Friends” cohost, claims to be obsessed with making the Pentagon and the […]

William D. Hartung

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