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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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Israel/ Palestine
Is the One-Sided US Response to the Gaza Crisis a Sign of our Civilizational Decline?

Is the One-Sided US Response to the Gaza Crisis a Sign of our Civilizational Decline?

We are all witnessing horrors and carnage going on in the tiny landmass called Gaza – a land squeezed between Egypt and Israel where 2.3 […]

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Donald Trump
Republican Contradictions: Are they Fascists or Nihilists  — or Both?

Republican Contradictions: Are they Fascists or Nihilists — or Both?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Sometimes the right wing in this country seems like a riddle wrapped in an enigma encased in a conundrum. Do they […]

Rebecca Gordon

European Union
A Divided European Union can't Even Agree on need for Ceasefire in Israeli Campaign against Gaza

A Divided European Union can’t Even Agree on need for Ceasefire in Israeli Campaign against Gaza

Munich (Special to Informed Comment) – The European Union’s initial response to the current Israel-Hamas war has been chaotic. Shortly after the Hamas terrorist attack […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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Gaza and the Deepening Crisis of Western Democracy

Gaza and the Deepening Crisis of Western Democracy

Cairo (Special to Informed Comment) – Western democracy is under strain, and we have been observing the symptoms of its decline for some time now. […]

Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei

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In War Crime, Israel is Still Blocking Water, Electricity to Gaza's Palestinian Civilians

In War Crime, Israel is Still Blocking Water, Electricity to Gaza’s Palestinian Civilians

Sari Bashi Program Director   @saribashi   ( Human Rights Watch ) – The Israeli government is deliberately deepening the suffering of civilians in Gaza […]

Human Rights Watch

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Palestine Forgotten

Palestine Forgotten

Berkeley, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During the last decade, Israel had come close to achieving what for many of its citizens had […]

Charles Hirschkind

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“Killers of the Flower Moon” puts Oklahoma’s Dark History of Native Osage Murders on Display

“Killers of the Flower Moon” puts Oklahoma’s Dark History of Native Osage Murders on Display

By: Carmen Forman  ( Florida Phoenix) – OKLAHOMA CITY — Although many Oklahomans were long ignorant about how white settlers systematically murdered members of the […]

Florida Phoenix

Israel/ Palestine
Hamas, Islamic Jihad: Holding Hostages is a War Crime

Hamas, Islamic Jihad: Holding Hostages is a War Crime

Free Civilians Held in Gaza; Treat All Humanely; Don’t Use as Human Shields

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
If Gaza is a Conflict over Oil Money investments, Norway points to a Near Future where Petroleum is Worthless

If Gaza is a Conflict over Oil Money investments, Norway points to a Near Future where Petroleum is Worthless

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration has concluded that the horrific Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7 and after aimed at derailing […]

Juan Cole

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