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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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Would an Assassination of Iran’s Ahmadinejad Have Really Mattered?

Would an Assassination of Iran’s Ahmadinejad Have Really Mattered?

Although the Iranian government denies it, it seems likely that someone attempted to assassinate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president, while he was being driven to Hamadan […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli and Lebanese Armies Trade Fire; at least 4 Dead

Israeli and Lebanese Armies Trade Fire; at least 4 Dead

There is one sad thing and there are several surprising things about the border clash on Tuesday between Israel and Lebanon. The sad thing is […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Jiyad:  The Da`wa Party Dilemma and Gridlock in Iraq

Jiyad: The Da`wa Party Dilemma and Gridlock in Iraq

Sajad Jiyad writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: The dilemma for Hizb al-Da’wa: A commentary on the issue of leadership in Iraq A […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Military Mission in Iraq ends not with a Bang but a Whimper

US Military Mission in Iraq ends not with a Bang but a Whimper

President Obama reaffirmed on Monday that the US would have all combat troops out of Iraq by the end of August. He said that the […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Take that, Dennis Miller;  Climate Change is Real and Dangerous

Take that, Dennis Miller; Climate Change is Real and Dangerous

I have a bone to pick with comic Dennis Miller. We all know about his famous shift to the political right after the September 11 […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Taliban influence Spreading in Afghanistan

Taliban influence Spreading in Afghanistan

A former Afghan warlord who turned to supporting President Hamid Karzai and two others were blown up at a soccer match in the northern city […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Burning the Qur’an?  ‘Wherever they burn books, they will in the end Burn Human Beings’

Burning the Qur’an? ‘Wherever they burn books, they will in the end Burn Human Beings’

A tiny, fringe fundamentalist cult in Florida, of the sort that American popular Christianity specializes in producing, has announced that it will burn the Qur’an […]

Juan Cole

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July Deadliest Month ever for US troops in Afghanistan

July Deadliest Month ever for US troops in Afghanistan

Taliban killed three US troops in the Pashtun south with two bombings, bringing the death toll for July 2010 to 63, the highest since W. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Closing of the Zionist Mind

The Closing of the Zionist Mind

It finally happened. The Jerusalem Post has declared archeology itself anti-Semitic. To tell you the truth, I am frankly worried about some of my colleagues […]

Juan Cole

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