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Academic Freedom Under Siege: Right Wing Repression and Principled Resistance
Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Under Siege: Right Wing Repression and Principled Resistance

Mehmet Rakipoglu and İbrahim Ozcosar

By Mehmet Rakipoğlu and İbrahim Özcoşar | – Exeter, UK and Mardin, Türkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the aftermath of 7 October […]

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Israel’s Latest Strikes on Gaza expose the fragile illusion of Peace

Israel’s Latest Strikes on Gaza expose the fragile illusion of Peace

10/21/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump pushing Allies to Buy US Gas is bad Economics and a Climate Catastrophe

Trump pushing Allies to Buy US Gas is bad Economics and a Climate Catastrophe

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McGreevy: The War’s Deathbed Patrick McGreevy writes from Beirut: The War’s Deathbed ‘ It is 3 am in Beirut. The war is scheduled to keel […]

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Saving Baghdad Like We Saved Fallujah: Guest Comment A reader who was in Iraq recently writes: ‘[Baghdad:] . . . The city is virtually shut […]

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Jill Carroll on Her Captivity The Christian Science Monitor is carrying a serial account by journalist Jill Carroll of her captivity in the hands of […]

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Khalilzad and Iran: Guest Comments An informed observer writes: ‘ Ambassador Khalilzad made statements in Baghdad regarding Iran, perhaps for US and Western consumption and […]

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Lebanon Accepts UN Ceasefire Hizbullah Kills 24 Israeli Soldiers Despite significant reservations, the Lebanese government on Sunday morning accepted the UN security council resolution. Hizbullah […]

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Fuel Crisis in Baghdad Dozens of Bodies Found The Sunni Arab guerrillas have long sought to cut Baghdad off from fuel. Al-Sharq al-Awsat/ AFP say […]

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Personal Message on Marjayoun Dr. Khalil Mouchantaf writes from the US Northeast: ‘Dear Mr. Cole, Today I received very sad and shocking news. Three of […]

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Qaeda Operative in London Bomb Plot Escapes ‘ Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas said the administration’s “poor management” in Iraq “has created a rallying cry […]

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