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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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“I Have a Nightmare:” How Trump Is Spitting on the Grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

“I Have a Nightmare:” How Trump Is Spitting on the Grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On January 20th, Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office with — at least in his mind — an aura of […]

Clarence Lusane

Climate Crisis
State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt

State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American Meteorological Society has issued its annual climate report, this one summarizing changes in 2024 now that all the […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

The historic number of No Kings Day protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement. Erica Chenoweth, Soha […]

Waging Nonviolence

Environment
Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

By Shooka Bidarian, United Nations University and Mark Maslin, UCL (The Conversation) – From arid deserts and alpine meadows to dense wetlands and temperate forests, […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Psychopathocracy 3.0

Psychopathocracy 3.0

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

by Maheera Munir

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

By Niamatullah Ibrahimi, The University of Melbourne; Arif Saba, Deakin University, and Safiullah Taye, Australian Catholic University (The Conversation) – On August 15 2021, Afghanistan’s […]

The Conversation

China
Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

Neil Thompson

Israel/ Palestine
The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

Obliteration and the West’s Complicity A Two-Part Q&A on Dr Steinbock’s The Obliteration Doctrine DG Team       Dr Steinbock’s highly topical new book The Obliteration Doctrine […]

Dan Steinbock

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