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

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King Charles III as Defender of all Faiths, including Islam

King Charles III as Defender of all Faiths, including Islam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although King Charles III will, like his predecessors going back to Henry VIII, be styled “Defender of the Faith,” he […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Germany overtakes Spain to become leading solar PV market in Europe

Germany overtakes Spain to become leading solar PV market in Europe

By Jessica Bateman | – Tagesspiegel Background ( Clean Energy Wire ) – An analysis of solar power markets in Europe has declared Germany the […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Energy Projects play a significant Impact in Turkiye's presidential Elections

Energy Projects play a significant Impact in Turkiye’s presidential Elections

Dr Umud Shokri ushukrik   ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Turkiye’s economy continues to grow at a rapid pace, its energy demand is […]

Middle East Monitor

China
Can China broker Peace in Yemen – and further Beijing’s Middle East Strategy in the Process?

Can China broker Peace in Yemen – and further Beijing’s Middle East Strategy in the Process?

By Mahad Darar, Colorado State University | – After nearly a decade of grinding conflict, Yemen looks to be inching toward a peace deal. Talks […]

The Conversation

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Iran’s President Raisi in Damascus for Victory Lap, Expanded Trade

Iran’s President Raisi in Damascus for Victory Lap, Expanded Trade

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hard line Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi took a victory lap in Syria this week. He led an Iranian delegation of […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Sudan: the longer the Conflict Lasts, the higher the Risk of a regional War

Sudan: the longer the Conflict Lasts, the higher the Risk of a regional War

By May Darwich, University of Birmingham | – The 2019 Sudan uprisings that ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir and installed a military-civilian transitional government gave […]

The Conversation

China
Can the U.S. Adjust Sensibly to a Multipolar World?

Can the U.S. Adjust Sensibly to a Multipolar World?

( Code Pink) – In his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, historian Paul Kennedy reassured Americans that the decline the […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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This is not Your Grandfather’s Military-Industrial Complex:  Unwarranted Influence

This is not Your Grandfather’s Military-Industrial Complex: Unwarranted Influence

By Ben Freeman and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The military-industrial complex (MIC) that President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans about more than […]

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Yes,  Mr. DeSantis, Palestinians are Indigenous, Descended from the Canaanites, and Palestinian Identity is not New

Yes, Mr. DeSantis, Palestinians are Indigenous, Descended from the Canaanites, and Palestinian Identity is not New

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Here is Part 2 of my argument with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis concerning his uninformed and bigoted comments about Palestinians. […]

Juan Cole

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