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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) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Egypt
Egypt: Crowds at Presidential Palace Break through Barbed Wire, President offers Dialogue

Egypt: Crowds at Presidential Palace Break through Barbed Wire, President offers Dialogue

On Saturday morning, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood held a news conference in which its leader, Muhammad Badie, insisted that the so-called opposition in Egypt is […]

Juan Cole

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Senate Wraps up Investigation of CIA Rights Abuses but You’ll Likely Never See it (Currier)

Senate Wraps up Investigation of CIA Rights Abuses but You’ll Likely Never See it (Currier)

Cora Currier writes at ProPublica A Senate committee is close to putting the final stamp on a massive report on the CIA’s detention, interrogation and […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria Rebels make Advances as Hillary Clinton calls for 'a Concerted Push' for Democratic Transition (Videos)

Syria Rebels make Advances as Hillary Clinton calls for ‘a Concerted Push’ for Democratic Transition (Videos)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a ‘concerted push’ on Friday to begin a political transition in Syria. She said that the transition […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt;  New Demos; Obama Expresses Alarm; and al-Azhar Clerics condemn Constitution

Egypt; New Demos; Obama Expresses Alarm; and al-Azhar Clerics condemn Constitution

US President Barack Obama called Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi on Thursday to express his anxiety about the violence that broke out on Wednesday in front […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Another thing Utah Could learn from Kenya:  Olkaria IV Geothermal Plant to be largest in World

Another thing Utah Could learn from Kenya: Olkaria IV Geothermal Plant to be largest in World

Utah did not vote for President Obama, whose father hailed from Kenya. But that state has something else to learn from the east African country. […]

Juan Cole

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America is officially a Center-Left Country (Young Turks)

America is officially a Center-Left Country (Young Turks)

On how America is a center-left country, and the younger voters are more left wing than their elders. Cenk Uygur of Current TV’s “Young Turks” […]

Juan Cole

Iran
President Obama needs to get us Out of Iran, too– not Just Iraq (Escobar)

President Obama needs to get us Out of Iran, too– not Just Iraq (Escobar)

Pepe Escobar writes at Tomdispatch.com: Let’s start with the obvious but important: on entering the Oval Office in January 2009, President Obama inherited a seemingly […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Faction Fighting in the Streets Threatens Stability, leaves 5 dead, 450 wounded

Egypt: Faction Fighting in the Streets Threatens Stability, leaves 5 dead, 450 wounded

Egypt has descended into faction-fighting in the streets that left some 5 dead and 450 wounded on Wednesday, as President Muhammad Morsi prepared to make […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Avoiding the Nightmarish “Four Degree World” of 2060:  We must Act Now (Giesen)

Avoiding the Nightmarish “Four Degree World” of 2060: We must Act Now (Giesen)

Tom Giesen writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Global warming’s disasters once seemed far off and science-fictional. It is now becoming clear to […]

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