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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruct of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruct of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Israel/ Palestine
UN’s top Court orders Israel to ‘Prevent Genocide’ in Gaza

UN’s top Court orders Israel to ‘Prevent Genocide’ in Gaza

By Michelle Farrell, University of Liverpool | – (The Conversation) – In a landmark decision – and with the whole world watching – the International […]

The Conversation

National Security State
Ron DeSantis: Yet Another Cog in Guantanamo's Torture Machine

Ron DeSantis: Yet Another Cog in Guantanamo’s Torture Machine

Roy Eidelson ( Commondreams.org ) – Recently, there have been troubling revelations about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — a leading 2024 GOP presidential aspirant — […]

Common Dreams

Displaced and Refugees
Israel's Reputation forever Besmirched by UN Court Injunction to Cease Genociding Palestinians

Israel’s Reputation forever Besmirched by UN Court Injunction to Cease Genociding Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Court of Justice’s ruling on “provisional measures” regarding the allegation of genocide against Israel for its behavior in […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Biden Must Choose Between a Ceasefire in Gaza and a Regional War

Biden Must Choose Between a Ceasefire in Gaza and a Regional War

( Code Pink ) – In the topsy-turvy world of corporate media reporting on U.S. foreign policy, we have been led to believe that U.S. […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Israel/ Palestine
Western moral Credibility is dying along with Thousands of Gaza Citizens

Western moral Credibility is dying along with Thousands of Gaza Citizens

By Shaun Narine, St. Thomas University (Canada) | – The western world’s feeble response to Israel’s attack on Gaza has severely damaged the West’s already […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Israel's Victory in Gaza turns Pyrrhic as a Majority of Youths and Democrats brand it Genocidal

Israel’s Victory in Gaza turns Pyrrhic as a Majority of Youths and Democrats brand it Genocidal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel is losing its campaign against Gaza not so much on the battlefield — though it is unclear that very […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Israel, the United States, and the Rhetoric of the War on Terror:  From September 11, 2001, to October 7, 2023 (and Beyond)

Israel, the United States, and the Rhetoric of the War on Terror: From September 11, 2001, to October 7, 2023 (and Beyond)

Maha Hilal ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In a New Yorker piece published five days after the attacks of September 11, 2001, American critic and public […]

Maha Hilal

Anti-intellectualism
US Mideast Experts Condemn Israeli Killing of Gaza Professors, University Administrators

US Mideast Experts Condemn Israeli Killing of Gaza Professors, University Administrators

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  pmoh@pmo.gov.il . . . Prime Minister, Ministers, […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Climate Crisis
Top 3 Pieces of Good Green Energy News this Year

Top 3 Pieces of Good Green Energy News this Year

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The climate crisis is the most serious challenge facing our globe, and it is natural to do some doom-scrolling about […]

Juan Cole

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