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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Why the Int'l Criminal Court's Arrest Warrant for Putin should make Israeli PM Netanyahu Afraid, Very Afraid

Why the Int’l Criminal Court’s Arrest Warrant for Putin should make Israeli PM Netanyahu Afraid, Very Afraid

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The specific statute under which the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on war […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Still “Not Free:”  Bush’s Invasion of Iraq did not result in Democracy there or in the Arab World

Still “Not Free:” Bush’s Invasion of Iraq did not result in Democracy there or in the Arab World

By Brian Urlacher, University of North Dakota | – (The Conversation) – President George W. Bush and his administration put forward a variety of reasons […]

The Conversation

China
Under Pressure At Home And Abroad, Tehran Gets 'Breathing Space' From Iran-Saudi Deal

Under Pressure At Home And Abroad, Tehran Gets ‘Breathing Space’ From Iran-Saudi Deal

( RFE/RL) – I’m RFE/RL correspondent Golnaz Esfandiari. Here’s what I’ve been following during the past week and what I’m watching for in the days […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

military
On Missing Dr. Strangelove: Or how Americans learned to Stop Worrying and forgot the Bomb

On Missing Dr. Strangelove: Or how Americans learned to Stop Worrying and forgot the Bomb

( Tomdispatch.com) – Bosley Crowther, chief film critic for the New York Times, didn’t quite know what to make of Dr. Strangelove at the time […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Bush
20 Years Ago, the Bush Administration Launched the Iraq War:  Juan Cole:  "I Have a Bad Feeling About This"

20 Years Ago, the Bush Administration Launched the Iraq War: Juan Cole: “I Have a Bad Feeling About This”

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, here are some brief blog entries Juan Cole made in the run-up to the war expressing […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Appellate Ruling means, Despite DeSantis, Florida Professors are free to Teach about Race, Sexism, as they see Fit

Appellate Ruling means, Despite DeSantis, Florida Professors are free to Teach about Race, Sexism, as they see Fit

By Michael Moline | – ( Florida Phoenix) – College professors can continue to teach hard lessons about race and sexism notwithstanding Gov. Ron DeSantis’ […]

Florida Phoenix

China
China is Front and Center in Saudi-Iran Agreement, as Israel’s Plan for United Front against Tehran Collapses

China is Front and Center in Saudi-Iran Agreement, as Israel’s Plan for United Front against Tehran Collapses

By Mohammad Makram Balawi     ( Middle East Monitor ) – The agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Iran under Chinese auspices on 6 […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
International Law doesn’t protect People fleeing environmental Disaster – But it Should

International Law doesn’t protect People fleeing environmental Disaster – But it Should

By Morgiane Noel, Trinity College Dublin | – Researchers have tried for decades to find a relevant legal status for people forced to flee their […]

The Conversation

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A Crucial Year:  Turkey at a Turning Point

A Crucial Year: Turkey at a Turning Point

Reviews of Gönül Tol, Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria (London: Hurst and Co., 2022) and Dimitar Bechev, Turkey Under Erdoğan: […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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