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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Breaking Free from the Cycle of Violence: The Reality of the Gaza Conflict

Breaking Free from the Cycle of Violence: The Reality of the Gaza Conflict

Al-Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza on Oct 10, 2023 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor] by Omer Carullah Sevim (Middle East Monitor ) – At the start of […]

Middle East Monitor

Eastern Europe
Israel-Gaza Conflict: An Opportunity for Putin in Ukraine while the World is Distracted

Israel-Gaza Conflict: An Opportunity for Putin in Ukraine while the World is Distracted

By Robert M. Dover, University of Hull | – Time is an ally of Russia in the Ukrainian conflict. Russia needs to reduce its rate […]

The Conversation

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Israel in Palestinian Gaza: Revenge is more satisfying than Peace

Israel in Palestinian Gaza: Revenge is more satisfying than Peace

(Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Over the years, the United States has endowed Israel with more than $150 billion in assistance, making it possible […]

Richard Forer

Africa
Suffering in the Shadows: Humanitarian Calamities That Aren’t on the World’s Agenda

Suffering in the Shadows: Humanitarian Calamities That Aren’t on the World’s Agenda

By Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox ( Tomdispatch.com) – Various versions of the aphorism “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography” have been […]

Tomdispatch

Israel/ Palestine
The Gaza Strip: Why the History of this Densely Populated Enclave is Key to understanding the Current Conflict

The Gaza Strip: Why the History of this Densely Populated Enclave is Key to understanding the Current Conflict

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona | – (The Conversation) – The focus on conflict in the Middle East has again returned to the Gaza […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
We can still avoid “Catastrophic Inundation” if we Slash Carbon Pollution – Michael E. Mann’s “Our Fragile Moment”

We can still avoid “Catastrophic Inundation” if we Slash Carbon Pollution – Michael E. Mann’s “Our Fragile Moment”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Informed Comment is pleased to present below an interview with climate scientist Michael E. Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
“We all just evaporate:” Extreme Heat Overwhelms Phoenix’s Unhoused Community

“We all just evaporate:” Extreme Heat Overwhelms Phoenix’s Unhoused Community

Deanna Pistono/Cronkite News ( Cronkite News ) – PHOENIX – Near the intersection of S. 11th Avenue and W. Jefferson Street in Phoenix, the heat […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Israel/ Palestine
Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque Complex is Important to the Current Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque Complex is Important to the Current Palestinian-Israeli Clashes

By Ken Chitwood, University of Southern California | – As a scholar of global Islam, I teach an introduction to Islam course and include a […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Getting Mad and Getting Even:  Is California’s Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil a Gamechanger?

Getting Mad and Getting Even: Is California’s Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil a Gamechanger?

Reprinted from Tomdispatch.com : See the original site for Tom Engelhardt’s crucial introduction. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism […]

Juan Cole

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