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The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict
Donald Trump

The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict

Volkan Isbasaran

On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the NATO summit at the Hague. His office […]

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

06/25/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

06/25/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Food Security
The Pentagon’s Hunger Games

The Pentagon’s Hunger Games

( Tomdispatch.com ) – By any standard, the money the United States government pours into its military is simply overwhelming. Take the $858-billion defense spending […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Climate Crisis
With Electric Vehicles, 90% of Americans would see Transportation Costs, CO2 Emissions Plummet

With Electric Vehicles, 90% of Americans would see Transportation Costs, CO2 Emissions Plummet

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new University of Michigan study has shown that today, 90% of Americans would see lower transportation costs and lower […]

Juan Cole

journalism
The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History  (Review)

The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History (Review)

Review of Jeremy Bowen, The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History (London: Picador, 2022). Greifswald, Germany (Special to Informed Comment) – Ali […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis:  We’re Seeing Alarming Changes in the entire Global Water Cycle

Climate Crisis: We’re Seeing Alarming Changes in the entire Global Water Cycle

By Albert Van Dijk, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – In 2022, a third La Niña year brought much rain to Australia and […]

The Conversation

Latin America
Could the United States return to a Good Neighbor Policy in the Americas?  Can it afford not to?

Could the United States return to a Good Neighbor Policy in the Americas? Can it afford not to?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – A few recent headlines reveal the painfully inhumane, dangerously volatile state of U.S. relations with its own home region, the continent […]

Alfred W. McCoy

Featured
Far Right Israeli Government bans Palestinian flag, just as Apartheid S. Africa Banned ANC Flag

Far Right Israeli Government bans Palestinian flag, just as Apartheid S. Africa Banned ANC Flag

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli parliament or Knesset on Tuesday approved the first reading of a law banning the raising of the Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

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Many thanks to our Readers and Supporters, and Happy New Year

Many thanks to our Readers and Supporters, and Happy New Year

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Once again, you came through with generous support for Informed Comment. Our regular contributors and I are so grateful, and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Have Israeli Extremists Ben-Gvir and Smotrich set Sights on Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians?

Have Israeli Extremists Ben-Gvir and Smotrich set Sights on Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians?

By Feras Abu-Helal | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – At the end of last month, Benjamin Netanyahu formed the most extreme Israeli government […]

Middle East Monitor

Food Insecurity
Housing Unaffordable for Half of US Renters

Housing Unaffordable for Half of US Renters

By Matt McConnell | Researcher, Economic Justice and Rights Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – New survey data released recently by the […]

Human Rights Watch

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