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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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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

Arms Sales
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 […]

Tomdispatch

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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

Civil Rights
Rep. Tlaib, reproductive rights Advocates call for U.S. Supreme Court Reform amid Ethics Scandals

Rep. Tlaib, reproductive rights Advocates call for U.S. Supreme Court Reform amid Ethics Scandals

By: Ken Coleman –     ( Michigan Advance ) – During a Wednesday news conference in Detroit, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) joined reproductive […]

Michigan Advance

Authoritarianism
Tunisia Doubles Down on Democratic Rollback

Tunisia Doubles Down on Democratic Rollback

Published in: Foreign Policy Eric Goldstein Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division   goldsteinricky ( Human Rights Watch ) – Some coups and […]

Human Rights Watch

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