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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up
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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

06/23/2025 By The Conversation

No Kings!  This is What Democracy Looks Like

No Kings! This is What Democracy Looks Like

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Climate Crisis: North America gets its own Mideast-Style Khamsin, courtesy Freak Canadian Smokestorm

Climate Crisis: North America gets its own Mideast-Style Khamsin, courtesy Freak Canadian Smokestorm

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Not only Toronto in Canada but New York, Washington, D.C. and other cities of the US northeast got a taste […]

Juan Cole

Artificial Intelligence
Palestinian Forum Highlights Threats of Autonomous Weapons

Palestinian Forum Highlights Threats of Autonomous Weapons

Susan Aboeid Associate, Arms Division   @aboeidsusan   ( Human Rights Watch) – In late May, I addressed a panel on the militarization of digital […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Bil'in's successful Resistance Campaign against the Israeli Wall

Palestinian Bil’in’s successful Resistance Campaign against the Israeli Wall

Michael Schulz    ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Anyone taking a drive into the occupied West Bank towards the little village of Bil’in will soon […]

Waging Nonviolence

Corruption
How Saudi Arabia came to be at the Centre of a global Golf Merger

How Saudi Arabia came to be at the Centre of a global Golf Merger

By David Rowe, Western Sydney University | – Professional golf – and increasingly world sport – is caught in a sand trap. Not the familiar […]

The Conversation

CO2
Carbon Dioxide in our Atmosphere hits High not seen for Millions of Years, threatening Accelerated Global Heating

Carbon Dioxide in our Atmosphere hits High not seen for Millions of Years, threatening Accelerated Global Heating

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Monday that parts per million of carbon dioxide in our planet’s atmosphere […]

Juan Cole

Arctic
Arctic Ocean could be Ice-Free in summer by 2030s, with Global, Damaging and Dangerous Consequences

Arctic Ocean could be Ice-Free in summer by 2030s, with Global, Damaging and Dangerous Consequences

By Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol | – (The Conversation) – The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by the 2030s, even if we […]

The Conversation

China
Is China trying to supplant Washington as Peacemaker between Israel and Palestine?

Is China trying to supplant Washington as Peacemaker between Israel and Palestine?

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Remarks on 24 May by China’s Ambassador to the UN on the situation in Occupied […]

Ramzy Baroud

Arms Sales
An Iron Curtain Has Descended on America

An Iron Curtain Has Descended on America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Decline. It’s a word that hasn’t been much in the American vocabulary, though, as retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, historian, and […]

William J. Astore

Climate Crisis
Thumbing Nose at US, Saudi Cuts Oil production, Helping Russian War Effort, as Maduro Visits Riyadh

Thumbing Nose at US, Saudi Cuts Oil production, Helping Russian War Effort, as Maduro Visits Riyadh

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia has taken several steps sure to annoy Washington in just the […]

Juan Cole

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