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Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu
Donald Trump

Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Convicted felon Donald Trump is now trying to intimidate the Israeli Judiciary into cancelling the three criminal […]

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

07/01/2025 By The Conversation

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

07/01/2025 By Andrew J. Bacevich

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Armenia
The Death of the Armenian Dream in Nagorno-Karabakh was Predictable but not Inevitable

The Death of the Armenian Dream in Nagorno-Karabakh was Predictable but not Inevitable

By Ronald Suny, University of Michigan | – (The Conversation) – Thirty-five years ago, more than 100,000 Armenian protesters took to the streets to convince […]

Ronald Suny

Artificial Intelligence
AI Goes to War:  Will the Pentagon’s Techno-Fantasies Pave the Way for War with China?

AI Goes to War: Will the Pentagon’s Techno-Fantasies Pave the Way for War with China?

( Tomdispatch.com) – On August 28th, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks chose the occasion of a three-day conference organized by the National Defense Industrial […]

William D. Hartung

Climate Crisis
Arizona Dems Finally end GOP Sweetheart Deal for Saudis to exploit Arizona Water to Feed the Kingdom's Cattle

Arizona Dems Finally end GOP Sweetheart Deal for Saudis to exploit Arizona Water to Feed the Kingdom’s Cattle

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Arizona state government of Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs and Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes are terminating the license of […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
How White Christian Nationalism Threatens U.S. Democracy

How White Christian Nationalism Threatens U.S. Democracy

By Steve Corbin. | – ( Michigan Advance ) – You may be among the 35% of Americans who have never heard the term “white […]

Michigan Advance

Afghanistan
'Their Freedoms Have Been Taken Away': Afghanistan Sees Surge In Female Suicides Under Taliban Rule

‘Their Freedoms Have Been Taken Away’: Afghanistan Sees Surge In Female Suicides Under Taliban Rule

By Ahmad Hanayish and Abubakar Siddique (RFE/RL ) Shabana had a bright future ahead of her. She was studying to become a doctor and preparing […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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Memoirs of an Arab-Jew

Memoirs of an Arab-Jew

Review of Avi Shlaim, Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew (London: Oneworld, 2023). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Avi Shlaim is an Israeli-British […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Dissent
Iran’s Women, Digital Rights and Human Freedoms

Iran’s Women, Digital Rights and Human Freedoms

Written byGuest Contributor   This piece was first published by Alliance for Universal Digital Rights (AUDRi), on September 16, 2023, and was written by Emma Gibson, […]

Global Voices

China
New Cold War, Ever-Hotter Planet:  What could Possibly Go Wrong?

New Cold War, Ever-Hotter Planet: What could Possibly Go Wrong?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Tell me, what planet are we actually on? All these decades later, are we really involved in a “second” or “new” Cold […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Crisis
Devastating Earthquake showed Resiliency of Morocco's Solar and Wind Farms, as it Meets its Paris Commitments

Devastating Earthquake showed Resiliency of Morocco’s Solar and Wind Farms, as it Meets its Paris Commitments

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One advantage of solar and wind as renewable sources of energy is that they appear to be especially resilient in […]

Juan Cole

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