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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
China

Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel Being Turned into a Jewish Theocracy?

Is Israel Being Turned into a Jewish Theocracy?

By Mohammad Makram Balawi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) = Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest serving prime minister of Israel, built his entire career […]

Middle East Monitor

Displaced and Refugees
Who will Help Rohingya Women and Demonstrate Global Leadership?

Who will Help Rohingya Women and Demonstrate Global Leadership?

By Deeplina Banerjee, Western University | – The UN Security Council recently adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in more than seven decades. The resolution […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
America’s Racial Wealth Divide

America’s Racial Wealth Divide

( Inequality.org ) – By the middle of the 21st century, the United States will be a “majority minority” nation. If we hope to ensure a […]

Inequality.org

Climate Crisis
Great Salt Lake Could be gone in 5 Years:  Huge Environmental Climate Catastrophe, Arsenic Dust Storms

Great Salt Lake Could be gone in 5 Years: Huge Environmental Climate Catastrophe, Arsenic Dust Storms

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Excessive water use is draining the Great Salt Lake so quickly that at this rate, it could be gone in […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Just How Big Can Wind Turbines get, as Some already Rival Skyscrapers?

Just How Big Can Wind Turbines get, as Some already Rival Skyscrapers?

By Simon Hogg, Durham University | – In 2023, some 100 miles off the coast of north-east England, the world’s largest wind turbines will start […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Shrinking Glaciers threaten Chinese and Indian Energy Transitions

Shrinking Glaciers threaten Chinese and Indian Energy Transitions

By Alok Gupta ( Third Pole ) – As glaciers shrink and monsoon rainfall becomes more unpredictable due to climate change, uncertainty around the viability of hydropower […]

The Third Pole

Drugs
Big Pharma spent more on Stock Buybacks and Dividends than on Research and Development even during COVID

Big Pharma spent more on Stock Buybacks and Dividends than on Research and Development even during COVID

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – The 14 largest publicly-traded pharmaceutical companies spent $747 billion on stock buybacks and dividends from 2012 through 2021 […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Featured
Netanyahu Shocked at UAE  cancellation of his State Visit after Extremists Storm Aqsa Mosque Complex

Netanyahu Shocked at UAE cancellation of his State Visit after Extremists Storm Aqsa Mosque Complex

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Far right wing extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir led a group of Israeli fanatics up to the al-Aqsa Mosque complex this week, […]

Juan Cole

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Four Ways Netanyahu's new Far-Right Government threatens Israeli Democracy

Four Ways Netanyahu’s new Far-Right Government threatens Israeli Democracy

By Boaz Atzili, American University School of International Service | – (The Conversation) – Democracy is not just about holding elections. It is a set […]

The Conversation

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