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Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?
Donald Trump

Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The E3 — France, Britain and Germany — successfully led a bid at the UN Security Council Friday to reimpose […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

09/28/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

09/28/2025 By Ramona Wadi

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Arms Sales
Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex:  Tackling Pentagon Waste Means Battling the Big Weapons Makers and Asking More of Congress

Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex: Tackling Pentagon Waste Means Battling the Big Weapons Makers and Asking More of Congress

By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s early in the new Congress, but lawmakers are already hotly debating […]

Tomdispatch

Batteries
Ford Announces $3.5 Billion Next-Generation Battery Plant for its Electric Vehicles in Michigan, "to lead the EV Revolution"

Ford Announces $3.5 Billion Next-Generation Battery Plant for its Electric Vehicles in Michigan, “to lead the EV Revolution”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ford Motor Co.’s CEO, Jim Farley, tweeted on Monday, “Today @Ford is announcing a $3.5B investment to build the first […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Big Oil’s trade group allies outspent Clean Energy Groups by a Whopping 27x, with Billions in Ads and Lobbying to keep Fossil Fuels Flowing

Big Oil’s trade group allies outspent Clean Energy Groups by a Whopping 27x, with Billions in Ads and Lobbying to keep Fossil Fuels Flowing

By Christian Downie, Australian National University and Robert Brulle, Brown University | – (The Conversation) – You’ve probably seen ads promoting gas and oil companies […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
In 'War on Palestinians,' Israel 'legalises' Colonial Squatter Outposts in Palestine, causing further Irritation in Washington

In ‘War on Palestinians,’ Israel ‘legalises’ Colonial Squatter Outposts in Palestine, causing further Irritation in Washington

( Middle East Monitors ) – Israel has “legalised” nine colonial outposts in the occupied West Bank, turning them into official settlements. The decision, which […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
European Union insists on Rules-Based Int’l order in Ukraine, but Commission Runs Interference for Israeli Crimes in Palestine

European Union insists on Rules-Based Int’l order in Ukraine, but Commission Runs Interference for Israeli Crimes in Palestine

    Published in: EU Observer Claudio Francavilla Senior EU Advocate   @ClaFrancavilla @ClaFrancavilla   ( Human Rights Watch ) – The recent spike in […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Is Turkey's Prosecution of Shady Builders after 12,141 Structures Collapse in Earthquake a Model for going after Big Oil for Climate Disasters?

Is Turkey’s Prosecution of Shady Builders after 12,141 Structures Collapse in Earthquake a Model for going after Big Oil for Climate Disasters?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Turkish government has issued 100 arrest warrants for building contractors suspected of erecting structures that did not meet building […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
‘They Deserved To Die’: Iranian Doctors Who Treated Wounded Protesters ‘Arrested, Tortured’

‘They Deserved To Die’: Iranian Doctors Who Treated Wounded Protesters ‘Arrested, Tortured’

    The authorities have killed hundreds of protesters and arrested thousands of people since the demonstrations erupted in September.   ( RFE/RL ) – […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

astronomy and outer space
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: how Satellites can help rescue Efforts

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: how Satellites can help rescue Efforts

By Emilie Bronner, Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES) | – In disasters like the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and 7.5-magnitude aftershock that struck Syria and Turkey […]

The Conversation

Russia
Annals of American Folly:  Was Civilization Really at Stake in Iraq?  Is it in Ukraine?

Annals of American Folly: Was Civilization Really at Stake in Iraq? Is it in Ukraine?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “To defend civilization, defeat Russia.” Writing in the unfailingly bellicose Atlantic, an American academic of my acquaintance recently issued that dramatic […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

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