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

Neil Thompson

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 […]

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 Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

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

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Open Letter to Higher Ed Presidents on Palestine-Israel and Academic Freedom

Open Letter to Higher Ed Presidents on Palestine-Israel and Academic Freedom

Middle East Studies Association of North America | Letters and Statements from the Board | – Open Letter to US and Canadian College and University […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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What the World needs Now is another Winter Truce

What the World needs Now is another Winter Truce

Tiffin, Oh. (Special to Informed Comment) – An iconic song back in the 1960’s addressed the causes of war, and what leads young people to […]

Arnold Oliver

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Public Pressures Netanyahu for Ceasefire after Hostages Killed:  But will He Say 'No'?

Israeli Public Pressures Netanyahu for Ceasefire after Hostages Killed: But will He Say ‘No’?

By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University | – The mistaken killing of three Israeli hostages by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) at the weekend has […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
One is the Loneliest Number, especially when the One is Trump

One is the Loneliest Number, especially when the One is Trump

By Mattea Kramer and Sean Fogler ( Tomdispatch.com) – Consider two phenomena that might seem unrelated. This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

Tomdispatch

Djibouti
Gaza's Second Front:  Houthi Drones Drive Major Shipping Cos. out of Red Sea in Blow to World Trade

Gaza’s Second Front: Houthi Drones Drive Major Shipping Cos. out of Red Sea in Blow to World Trade

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, Muhammad al-Bakhiti, a member of the Politburo of the Helpers of God (Houthi ) government of northern Yemen, […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Rep. Rashida Tlaib joins with UAW to call for Gaza Ceasefire

Rep. Rashida Tlaib joins with UAW to call for Gaza Ceasefire

By Jon King | – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) speaking at Ceasefire Now rally in Washington D.C. 12/14/23 ( Michigan Advance ) – U.S. […]

Michigan Advance

Israel/ Palestine
“If I must die, you must live to tell my Story:” On Gaza, Biden is Violating International Law

“If I must die, you must live to tell my Story:” On Gaza, Biden is Violating International Law

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Otherwords.org ) – “If I must die, you must live to tell my story,” wrote Dr. Refaat Alareer, a […]

OtherWords

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“Tell me how this ends” – Gaza Edition

“Tell me how this ends” – Gaza Edition

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – General David Petraeus, as he prepared to help lead an invasion of Iraq, famously asked journalist Rick Atkinson, “Tell me […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
US must Back UN Protection of Gaza's Civilians, not Veto Resolutions to halt Mass Atrocities

US must Back UN Protection of Gaza’s Civilians, not Veto Resolutions to halt Mass Atrocities

By Louis Charbonneau | – United Nations Director @loucharbon ( Human Rights Watch) – This week, US President Joe Biden warned Israel it was losing […]

Human Rights Watch

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