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

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

When an ICE Agent Shot Two Bullets Into Renee Good Through the Driver’s Side Window, He Was Not Engaged in Self-Defense
Donald Trump

When an ICE Agent Shot Two Bullets Into Renee Good Through the Driver’s Side Window, He Was Not Engaged in Self-Defense

Mitchell Zimmerman

Kristi Noem’s Preposterous Lies About the Killing Confirm That ICE Encourages Agent Violence

A Cruel Truce:  Israel’s Ongoing Demolition of Gaza

A Cruel Truce: Israel’s Ongoing Demolition of Gaza

01/16/2026 By Binoy Kampmark

Just as Dangerous: Vance and the 2028 Election

Just as Dangerous: Vance and the 2028 Election

01/16/2026 By Clarence Lusane

More Stories

Featured
Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

Farhang Jahanpour

Donald Trump
Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Critical historians like William Appleman Williams played a key role in highlighting the US’s imperial record in Latin America

Richard Drake

Donald Trump
Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Not surprisingly, perhaps, the United States has over the years resisted any attempt to outlaw autonomous weapons

Rebecca Gordon

China
Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

China imported 389,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil in 2025, about 4% of its total

Juan Cole

Dissent
‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

The “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon” chant asks: What does it mean for a government to prioritize foreign conflicts over domestic welfare?

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

he protest was part of over a 1,000 planned demonstrations against ICE across the nation this weekend

Minnesota Reformer

Dissent
Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts

Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts

Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.

Mohammad Eslami

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

Netanyahu continues to gamble on the possibility that international and regional opinion may eventually become receptive to ethnic cleansing

Ramzy Baroud

Germany
Electric car Registrations in Germany rise by 43% in 2025, despite end of Subsidies

Electric car Registrations in Germany rise by 43% in 2025, despite end of Subsidies

Average CO2 emissions of new cars fell by almost 12 percent, to an average of 105.8 grammes per kilometre

Clean Energy Wire

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • …
  • Page 3069
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Donald Trump

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Richard Drake

Donald Trump

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Rebecca Gordon

China

Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Juan Cole

Dissent

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

The Conversation

Popular

  • California's Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
  • The Inevitable Transition in Iran
  • Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?
  • The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump
  • Trump's Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America's New Protection Racket
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved