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The New Model of Autocratic Cooperation: The US, Russia and the Middle East
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The New Model of Autocratic Cooperation: The US, Russia and the Middle East

Scott Corey

Berkeley, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Today, and particularly in the Middle East, concepts like national interest, class, and geopolitics are fading compared […]

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“And one by one crept silently to Rest:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:21

“And one by one crept silently to Rest:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:21

10/20/2025 By Juan Cole

Major Israeli Violations of Gaza Ceasefire, With Extensive Bombardment, killing 51 Palestinians

Major Israeli Violations of Gaza Ceasefire, With Extensive Bombardment, killing 51 Palestinians

10/20/2025 By Common Dreams

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Israel to deny Palestinian-Israelis Preparation for University, in Exact Parallel to Apartheid South Africa

Israel to deny Palestinian-Israelis Preparation for University, in Exact Parallel to Apartheid South Africa

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – White Power nationalism in South Africa during the Apartheid period from the 1940s until the early 1990s demanded that the […]

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Neoliberalism can’t solve the Climate Crisis:  We Must become Activists

Neoliberalism can’t solve the Climate Crisis: We Must become Activists

  Paul Rogers ( Opendemocracy.net ) – Extreme weather events have increased in frequency and intensity over the past decade, with the last month seeing […]

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Colonialism
The Tapestry of Palestinian History: The Palestine Museum in Bir Zeit

The Tapestry of Palestinian History: The Palestine Museum in Bir Zeit

Naima Morelli naimamorelli   ( Middle East Monitor ) – Duty and care are the words that would best describe the approach of Dr Adila […]

Middle East Monitor

Russia
Ukraine War: Talks in Saudi Arabia give Zelensky an Opportunity to Push his Plan to BRICs and the Global South

Ukraine War: Talks in Saudi Arabia give Zelensky an Opportunity to Push his Plan to BRICs and the Global South

By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham | – As the war in Ukraine escalated on and beyond the existing battlefields with intensified air, drone and […]

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Israeli Minister wants to give “a medal” to Jewish Power Extremist who Allegedly shot to death an unarmed Palestinian Youth

Israeli Minister wants to give “a medal” to Jewish Power Extremist who Allegedly shot to death an unarmed Palestinian Youth

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Friday evening, Israeli squatters in the Palestinian West Bank went wilding at […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
People with Disabilities in Gaza Languish under Blockade after Israeli Airstrikes

People with Disabilities in Gaza Languish under Blockade after Israeli Airstrikes

Abier Almasri Research Assistant, Middle East and North Africa Division   @abier_i @abier_i ( Human Rights Watch ) – Israel’s airstrikes in Jenin in the […]

Human Rights Watch

Children
The Dreams of Saudi Human Rights Defender Loujain Al-Hathloul in a Children’s Book

The Dreams of Saudi Human Rights Defender Loujain Al-Hathloul in a Children’s Book

This interview was published on Loujain’s birthday, celebrating her achievements Written byخالد إبراهيم Khalid Ibrahim Translated byGulf Center for Human Rights Read this post in […]

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
No, the ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: Why sound Climate Optimism must combat Doomism

No, the ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: Why sound Climate Optimism must combat Doomism

By Andrew Weaver, University of Victoria | – Those following the latest developments in climate science would have been stunned by the jaw-dropping headlines last […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
A Quarter of New Car Sales in California is now Electric: Take that, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia!

A Quarter of New Car Sales in California is now Electric: Take that, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia!

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The California Energy Commission reports that in the second quarter of this year, 25% of new vehicle registrations in that […]

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