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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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America's Drone Tally in Pakistan and Yemen for July (Serle and Ross)

America’s Drone Tally in Pakistan and Yemen for July (Serle and Ross)

Jack Serle and Alice K Ross write at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism The CIA killed more people in Pakistan per strike than at any […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
How the GOP Libya Witch Hunt Made us Close our Mideast Embassies and Crippled US Diplomacy

How the GOP Libya Witch Hunt Made us Close our Mideast Embassies and Crippled US Diplomacy

About those US embassy closures in the Middle East: they make the US look like a wimp. The United States is still the world’s primary […]

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Afghanistan
How we lost our Constitution somewhere in Iraq and came back without it to Try Manning (van Buren)

How we lost our Constitution somewhere in Iraq and came back without it to Try Manning (van Buren)

Peter Van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com On July 30, 1778, the Continental Congress created the first whistleblower protection law, stating “that it is the duty […]

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Energy
The New Neros:  The Koch Bros Profit from Burning the World Up (Halperin Infographic)

The New Neros: The Koch Bros Profit from Burning the World Up (Halperin Infographic)

Courtesy Grist

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Iran
Top 10 reasons to welcome departure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:  Only the Neocons will miss Him

Top 10 reasons to welcome departure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Only the Neocons will miss Him

Since he won the Iranian presidential election in 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been an object of fear, vilification and ridicule in Washington DC. I said […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tens of Thousands Rally to support Fundamentalist Government in Tunisia

Tens of Thousands Rally to support Fundamentalist Government in Tunisia

Since the assassination of leftist leader Mohamed Brahmi of the Popular Front on July 25, Tunisia has been thrown into a new round of political […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
"Capturing football fields" of power - Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Farms in Japan and California

“Capturing football fields” of power – Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Farms in Japan and California

For the real-world project, look to Japan: “The world’s first hybrid power generation system is due to be installed off the coast of western Japan […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Oil Spills blacken Today's Environment from Alberta to Thailand:  Wind and Solar are Way Better!

Oil Spills blacken Today’s Environment from Alberta to Thailand: Wind and Solar are Way Better!

1. High pressure steam injection as a technique of getting oil out of the ground has gone very wrong in Canada: Canadian First Nations protest […]

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Islam
The Burka Avenger stands up to Male Chauvinist Taliban on Pakistani TV

The Burka Avenger stands up to Male Chauvinist Taliban on Pakistani TV

The Burka Avenger is a children’s cartoon about a mild-mannered female school teacher in Pakistan who has an alter ego. As the black-clad Burka Avenger, […]

Juan Cole

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