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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Authoritarianism
Iranian State Arrests Popular Actress Taraneh Alidoosti, star of Academy-Award-Winning Film, for Protesting Executions

Iranian State Arrests Popular Actress Taraneh Alidoosti, star of Academy-Award-Winning Film, for Protesting Executions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian authorities arrested renowned actress Taraneh Alidoosti, 38, on Saturday for an Instagram post in which she denounced the execution […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
G7 Industrialized Democracies Establish Climate Club with Focus on Industry Decarbonization

G7 Industrialized Democracies Establish Climate Club with Focus on Industry Decarbonization

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The G7 group of influential economies have set up an international climate club to […]

Julian Wettengel

Displaced and Refugees
A Year of Global Displacement

A Year of Global Displacement

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – This year had the unwelcome distinction of being the first to see over […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Climate Crisis
Where the Climate Target of 1.5°C (2.7°F) Came from, and Why we must not Lose Sight of its Importance

Where the Climate Target of 1.5°C (2.7°F) Came from, and Why we must not Lose Sight of its Importance

By Piers Forster, University of Leeds | – The US economist William Nordhaus claimed as early as the 1970s, when scientific understanding of climate change […]

The Conversation

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2022 was Deadliest Year for Palestinians under Occupation on Record, with 153 Killed by Israeli Forces, Squatters: UN

2022 was Deadliest Year for Palestinians under Occupation on Record, with 153 Killed by Israeli Forces, Squatters: UN

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Officer of the High Commissioner on Human Rights has issued a press release detailing the views of its […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Iran: dissent by public figures has amplified the protest across the country – and the world

Iran: dissent by public figures has amplified the protest across the country – and the world

By Roja Fazaeli, Trinity College Dublin | – Iran’s Islamic Republic continues to violently suppress ongoing pro-democracy protests, which broke out in September in response […]

The Conversation

Houthi
Facing Houthi Victory in Yemen, US Changes Tactics

Facing Houthi Victory in Yemen, US Changes Tactics

By Edward Hunt | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – After years of backing a disastrous, Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, the United States […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Afghanistan
America's Night Raids in Afghanistan:  An Ongoing Nightmare

America’s Night Raids in Afghanistan: An Ongoing Nightmare

By Lynzy Billing. Video by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons | – Prologue March 2019 • Rodat District, Nangarhar Province This story contains graphic descriptions and images […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
Net Zero by 2045: “California is leading most significant economic transformation since Industrial Revolution”

Net Zero by 2045: “California is leading most significant economic transformation since Industrial Revolution”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – California’s Air Resources Board has announced a wide-ranging set of plans aimed at taking the state to net carbon zero […]

Juan Cole

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