Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
China

Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

More Stories

Uncategorized
Republicans Iraq And Islamic Republic

Republicans Iraq And Islamic Republic

The Republicans’ Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iraq A guerrilla attack on a police station at Mahawil south of Baghdad left 22 police and […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Letter To Jonah Goldberg Reader Ccd Me

Letter To Jonah Goldberg Reader Ccd Me

Letter to Jonah Goldberg A reader cc’d me with this letter to Jonah Goldberg and allowed me to share it here. Jonah: In your post […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Focus On Elections In Iraq Al Hayat

Focus On Elections In Iraq Al Hayat

Focus on Elections in Iraq Al-Hayat: An official spokesman for the Da`wa Party said Saturday that its political office had put forward Ibrahim Jafari as […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Wolcott On Goldbergs Language

Wolcott On Goldbergs Language

Wolcott on Goldberg’s Language Competencies James Wolcott of Vanity Fair weighs in on the Goldberg/Cole debate. My favorite line: “Yes, but Jonah speaks fluent Simpsons, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Shiite Religious Coalition Dominates

Shiite Religious Coalition Dominates

Shiite Religious Coalition Dominates Parliamentary Voting With 3.3 million votes counted from about 10 mostly southern provinces, the United Iraqi Alliance of mainly Shiite religious […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Jonah Goldberg Embarrasses Himself

Jonah Goldberg Embarrasses Himself

Jonah Goldberg Embarrasses Himself Once Again Jonah Goldberg attacked yours truly in a column recently. I think it is time to be frank about some […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
2 Us Soldiers Killed 5 Wounded 19

2 Us Soldiers Killed 5 Wounded 19

2 US soldiers Killed, 5 wounded 19 Iraqis killed; Mosque Bombed CNN reports that guerrillas used a roadside bomb to kill two US soldiers and […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Guerrillas Kill 29 Incl

Guerrillas Kill 29 Incl

Guerrillas Kill 29, Incl. 3 Marines Sistani List Looks set to Win Big Late in the Iraqi election season, interim Prime Minister Allawi and his […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Guest Editorial Arato On

Guest Editorial Arato On

Guest Editorial: Arato on Constitutional Participation in Iraq Constitutional Participation in Iraq by Andrew Arato The election of January 30, 2005 was Sistani’s victory. It […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2757
  • Page 2758
  • Page 2759
  • Page 2760
  • Page 2761
  • …
  • Page 3015
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Greece

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Global Voices

Israel/ Palestine

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

The Conversation

Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Human Rights Watch

Popular

  • Trump to Xi: 'Hold our Beer' - EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
  • Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
  • Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?
  • Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)
  • Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved