Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?
Bahrain

Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

From diplomatic architects to shock absorbers – Iranian missiles raining down on the Gulf Cooperation Council , targeting US military facilities

You Deserve Better, Iran

You Deserve Better, Iran

03/03/2026 By contributors

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

03/03/2026 By Norman Solomon

More Stories

Uncategorized
Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama's Negotiating Style

Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama’s Negotiating Style

The Khamenei regime in Iran commemorated the taking of US embassy personnel hostage on Wednesday, with thousands of its supporters taking to the streets. But […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama's Negotiating Style

Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama’s Negotiating Style

The Khamenei regime in Iran commemorated the taking of US embassy personnel hostage on Wednesday, with thousands of its supporters taking to the streets. But […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"

Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"

John Mueller, Author of Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda, writes a guest op-ed for IC: “Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"

Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"

John Mueller, Author of Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda, writes a guest op-ed for IC: “Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghanistan presidential contest by the misnamed Independent Electoral Commission, the local Afghan commission appointed by . […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghanistan presidential contest by the misnamed Independent Electoral Commission, the local Afghan commission appointed by . […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

A car bomb in the parking lot of the Shalimar Hotel in Rawalpindi was detonated on Monday morning. Aljazeera is reporting over 30 dead. ‘Pindi, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

A car bomb in the parking lot of the Shalimar Hotel in Rawalpindi was detonated on Monday morning. Aljazeera is reporting over 30 dead. ‘Pindi, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Speculation on Whether Abdullah will Join National Unity Government; MPs call for US withdrawal

Speculation on Whether Abdullah will Join National Unity Government; MPs call for US withdrawal

Matthew Green of the FT, reporting from Kabul, suggests that Abdullah Abdullah may still be open to a post in Hamid Karzai’s cabinet. That outcome […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2393
  • Page 2394
  • Page 2395
  • Page 2396
  • Page 2397
  • …
  • Page 3085
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Consumption

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

Mike Nickerson

Climate Crisis

Trumped! The President of No Return on a Hothouse Planet

Tom Engelhardt

China

Could China’s EVs be the Real Winner of Trump’s Oil War in Iran and the Gulf?

Juan Cole

Democratic Party

Iran Strike: Democrats call for immediate Vote on Trump War Powers

Michigan Advance

Popular

  • Could China's EVs be the Real Winner of Trump's Oil War in Iran and the Gulf?
  • Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?
  • Biden delivered the Country to Trump, disbelieving Gaza Death Statistics; they were Underestimates
  • The Strait of Hormuz and Iran: Where Geography becomes a Weapon
  • The Nihilism of Trump’s War Games
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved