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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Climate Crisis
Corals are starting to Bleach as Global Ocean Temperatures hit Record Highs

Corals are starting to Bleach as Global Ocean Temperatures hit Record Highs

By Ian Enochs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | – The water off South Florida is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in mid-July, and […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Game Over? Even BP and TotalEnergies are Shelling out $14.7 Bn. for Right to Build Baltic Sea Wind Farms

Game Over? Even BP and TotalEnergies are Shelling out $14.7 Bn. for Right to Build Baltic Sea Wind Farms

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Oil majors BP and TotalEnergies pledged to pay a combined 12.6 billion euros [$14.7 […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Should Congress be inviting  Illiberal Government Leaders Like those of India and Israel to address it? Is it all Right to Boycott Human Rights Offenders?

Should Congress be inviting Illiberal Government Leaders Like those of India and Israel to address it? Is it all Right to Boycott Human Rights Offenders?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Let us imagine a country somewhere in the world, let us call it Qorlu. It has two major ethnic groups, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Change is Increasing Stress on Thousands of Aging Dams across the US

Climate Change is Increasing Stress on Thousands of Aging Dams across the US

By Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University | – Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New York’s Hudson Valley […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Roots of Iraq’s Water Crisis: Upriver Dams along with Climate Change

Roots of Iraq’s Water Crisis: Upriver Dams along with Climate Change

Response of McGuire Gibson, Professor Emeritus of Mesopotamian Architecture , University of Chicago, to Iraq’s Climate Crisis: America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian […]

McGuire Gibson

Climate Crisis
The Radiance of a Thousand Suns: Can we dodge Two Torrid Disasters of our own Making?

The Radiance of a Thousand Suns: Can we dodge Two Torrid Disasters of our own Making?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In case you hadn’t noticed — and how could you not? — there have been more than 500 (yes, 500-plus!) wildfires […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Is Turkey abandoning Russia to turn back toward the West?

Is Turkey abandoning Russia to turn back toward the West?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Given the decisions announced by Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, some have speculated that […]

Juan Cole

Reproductive Choice
Iowa Passes Harsh anti-Abortion Law that Imperils Women, Physicians and Nurses

Iowa Passes Harsh anti-Abortion Law that Imperils Women, Physicians and Nurses

Anti-Abortion, Women’s Rights, Choice, Health

Iowa Capital Dispatch

Israel/ Palestine
Is Thomas Friedman one Step Closer to Abandoning Zionism?

Is Thomas Friedman one Step Closer to Abandoning Zionism?

Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks   I have long held a deep fascination with the intellectual journey of individuals who undergo profound conversions. Religious or political, witnessing […]

Middle East Monitor

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