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

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

Abdullah al-Ahsan

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

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

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

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

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

10/03/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Drones
We’re Still in the Dark on Obama’s Drones Despite Washington’s Promises (Currier)

We’re Still in the Dark on Obama’s Drones Despite Washington’s Promises (Currier)

Cora Currier writes at ProPublica : This story has been updated to reflect new developments. Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised more transparency and […]

Juan Cole

Energy
"Off the Charts":  Deadliest Storm in History Kills 1200, Displaces Millions in Philippines

“Off the Charts”: Deadliest Storm in History Kills 1200, Displaces Millions in Philippines

ABC News reports on Super-Typhoon Haiyan, which is now estimated to have killed at least 1200 in the Philippines, and which forced millions from their […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
US loses UNESCO Voting Rights: How Kow-Towing to Israeli Policy Weakens America

US loses UNESCO Voting Rights: How Kow-Towing to Israeli Policy Weakens America

President Obama called America “the greatest country in the world” on Friday, but the same day the US lost basic voting rights on the United […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Top Reasons Israel’s Likud Really Opposes an Iran Nuclear Deal

Top Reasons Israel’s Likud Really Opposes an Iran Nuclear Deal

Rightwing Israeli politicians like Binyamin Netanyahu are squawking furiously about the prospect that Sec. of State John Kerry might reach an agreement with Iran over […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
Arts of the Arab Uprisings at the Arab-American Museum, Dearborn

Arts of the Arab Uprisings at the Arab-American Museum, Dearborn

The Arab-American Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, has mounted an exhibition on the Arts of the Arab Uprisings. It includes art, photography and video by street […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
How American Troops in Afghanistan became Unreal (Jones)

How American Troops in Afghanistan became Unreal (Jones)

Ann Jones writes at Tomdispath.com The last time I saw American soldiers in Afghanistan, they were silent. Knocked out by gunfire and explosions that left […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Record High Warming Gases in Atmosphere: Earth Losing Race Against Time (McCauley)

Record High Warming Gases in Atmosphere: Earth Losing Race Against Time (McCauley)

Lauren McCauley writes at Commondreams.org The amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in our atmosphere reached a record high in 2012, according to the World Meteorological […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
It wasn’t Arafat who was Assassinated but the Palestinian People

It wasn’t Arafat who was Assassinated but the Palestinian People

Aljazeera America has the exclusive on the Swiss scientists’ findings that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned with polonium, after the fashion of Russian dissident […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Ms. Marvel and the Rise of the Muslim Superhero in America

Ms. Marvel and the Rise of the Muslim Superhero in America

Umberto Eco argued that Superman, from the character’s inception in the 1940s through about 1970, was a politically conservative figure. The stories were about protecting […]

Juan Cole

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