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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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A Quarter of New Car Sales in California is now Electric: Take that, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia!

A Quarter of New Car Sales in California is now Electric: Take that, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia!

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The California Energy Commission reports that in the second quarter of this year, 25% of new vehicle registrations in that […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
That time Ron DeSantis Rejected Federal Funds for Clean Energy and Cost Florida $350,000,000

That time Ron DeSantis Rejected Federal Funds for Clean Energy and Cost Florida $350,000,000

By: Mitch Perry –   ( Florida Phoenix ) – Tampa Bay area Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor remains livid that Gov. Ron DeSantis turned down […]

Florida Phoenix

Democratic Socialists of America
Progressives Unveil OLIGARCH Act to Combat 'Existential Threat' of Extreme Wealth Inequality

Progressives Unveil OLIGARCH Act to Combat ‘Existential Threat’ of Extreme Wealth Inequality

By Jake Johnson | – ( Commondreams) – A group of progressive U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday proposed a wealth tax that would automatically rise during […]

Common Dreams

Archaeology
Dismantling the Myth that Ancient Slavery "Wasn't that Bad"

Dismantling the Myth that Ancient Slavery “Wasn’t that Bad”

By Chance Bonar, Tufts University | – As someone who researches slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially in the Bible, I often hear remarks […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Oceans Hit Hottest Average Temperature ever Recorded, endangering Ecosystems on which We Depend

Oceans Hit Hottest Average Temperature ever Recorded, endangering Ecosystems on which We Depend

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The world’s oceans hit an average temperature of 20.96°C (69.728°F ) this week, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
‘Knowledge of self’: How a key Phrase from Islam became a Pillar of Hip-Hop

‘Knowledge of self’: How a key Phrase from Islam became a Pillar of Hip-Hop

By Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, University of Michigan | – (The Conversation) – I was 9 years old when Eric B. and Rakim’s “Paid in Full” […]

The Conversation

China
Green Jobs take off in China after Beijing's Carbon Neutrality Pledge

Green Jobs take off in China after Beijing’s Carbon Neutrality Pledge

Jiang Mengnan ( China Dialogue ) – Around the world, tech and finance companies have been laying staff off. In 2022, tech firms’ payrolls fell […]

China Dialogue

Food Security
Russia’s Agricultural Warfare: Bomb and Blockade Strategy Imperils World’s Hungry

Russia’s Agricultural Warfare: Bomb and Blockade Strategy Imperils World’s Hungry

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Saudi Arabia is pissed off at Russia. It’s not as if the Gulf state has released any angry […]

John Feffer

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Israeli Extremists Shamefully propose "Puerto Rican" Model for Palestinians

Israeli Extremists Shamefully propose “Puerto Rican” Model for Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yair Wallach in a post at X notes that Jewish Power Party member Amihay Eliyahu proposes that Palestinians be treated […]

Juan Cole

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