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

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

More Stories

Uncategorized
Student Protests In Tehran Seemed To

Student Protests In Tehran Seemed To

*The student protests in Tehran seemed to die down on Tuesday evening, and were not nearly as big as before. Likewise, the evening was not […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Big Student Protests In Iran Continued

Big Student Protests In Iran Continued

*The big student protests in Iran continued for a sixth night on Sunday. This, despite the attack on the students Saturday by armed thugs controlled […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Little Has Been Written By American

Little Has Been Written By American

*Little has been written by American observers about the ways in which the US invasion and occupation of Iraq has worsened women’s lives. Not least, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Several Hundred Iranian Students Have

Several Hundred Iranian Students Have

*Several hundred Iranian students have demonstrated against the regime in Iran, and plan bigger protests on the anniversary of the 1999 demonstrations. The students are […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
In Brouhaha Over Failure Of Us To Find

In Brouhaha Over Failure Of Us To Find

*In the brouhaha over the failure of the US to find much in the way of weapons of mass destruction programs or materials in Iraq, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
It Is Now Being Reported That

It Is Now Being Reported That

*It is now being reported that interrogations of top al-Qaeda leaders Khalid Shaikh Muhammad and Abu Zubayda reveal that the organization avoided entanglement with Saddam […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Operation Rockingham Was Name Of Covert

Operation Rockingham Was Name Of Covert

*”Operation Rockingham” was the name of a covert operation within the Defense Intelligence Staff of the UK’s Ministry of Defense that aimed at skewing intelligence […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Things Are Not Going Well Again Between

Things Are Not Going Well Again Between

*Things are not going well again between the US and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, led by Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim. Al-Hakim has […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Iraqi Shiite Leader Muqtada Al Sadr 30

Iraqi Shiite Leader Muqtada Al Sadr 30

*Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, 30, is in Iran for talks, according to az-Zaman. In the seminary city of Qom, he met with Ayatollah Kadhim […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2993
  • Page 2994
  • Page 2995
  • Page 2996
  • Page 2997
  • …
  • Page 3028
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Donald Trump

The Department of War is Back; But no Wars won in Decades

William J. Astore

Featured

France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves

H. Scott Prosterman

Omar Khayyam

“Look to the Rose:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

Juan Cole

Islamophobia

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

The Conversation

Popular

  • Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
  • Riyadh-Islamabad "Islamic NATO" to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates: If Democrats can't draw the Line at Genocide, they can't Draw the Line at Democracy
  • Smotrich's Apocalyptic "Decisive Plan" for Gaza
  • Stephen Colbert: "We are all Jimmy Kimmel"
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved