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A Reluctant (Iranian) Exile: Minister without Portfolio
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A Reluctant (Iranian) Exile: Minister without Portfolio

Joseph Richard Preville

A Review of Minister Without Portfolio: Memoir of a Reluctant Exile by Hooman Majd. Detroit (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Everybody needs a home. […]

The Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit and the Middle East in a Multipolar World

The Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit and the Middle East in a Multipolar World

09/06/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Israel’s ‘Refuseniks’: a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

Israel’s ‘Refuseniks’: a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

09/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran
Why the Middle East is moving and must move away from Oil and Gas

Why the Middle East is moving and must move away from Oil and Gas

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – In 2022, the biggest energy issue in the Middle East was Organisation of […]

Middle East Monitor

Constitution
Hollow Men:  The Blowhards of Jan. 6 were Yellow-Bellied Cowards

Hollow Men: The Blowhards of Jan. 6 were Yellow-Bellied Cowards

Reprinted in commemoration of Brian Sicknick and other victims of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The damning Jan. 6 public […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Taliban’s War Against Afghan Women And Girls

The Taliban’s War Against Afghan Women And Girls

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi / Abubakar Siddique | – ( RFE/RL ) – Fahima witnessed many of her rights and freedoms disappear in 2022 as […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

NATO
Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp From the Ukraine War?

Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp From the Ukraine War?

( Code Pink) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, known for his staunch support for Ukraine, recently revealed his greatest fear for this winter to […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Arctic
Why the Arctic turning into a Lukewarm Puddle should be a bigger Headline than a bit of Inflation

Why the Arctic turning into a Lukewarm Puddle should be a bigger Headline than a bit of Inflation

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Let me start 2023 with a glance back at a December news moment that caught my eye. To do so, however, […]

Tom Engelhardt

Authoritarianism
Iran Leader Khamenei seems to Back-Pedal from Punishing Women for "Poor Veiling" after Months of Protest

Iran Leader Khamenei seems to Back-Pedal from Punishing Women for “Poor Veiling” after Months of Protest

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to the official Iranian press, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the “August Leader” of Iran, met Wednesday with hundreds of professional […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Why Many Turkish People who migrated to European Countries are worse off than those who stayed at Home

Why Many Turkish People who migrated to European Countries are worse off than those who stayed at Home

By Sebnem Eroglu, University of Bristol | – (The Conversation) – Many people migrate to another country to earn a decent income and to attain […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Two Iranian Teens Reportedly Sentenced To Death Over Protests

Two Iranian Teens Reportedly Sentenced To Death Over Protests

By Ardeshir Tayebi | – Iran has reportedly sentenced two teenagers to death for “corruption on Earth” and “waging war against God” among other charges […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

censorship
Sudan Military-Civilian Pact Omits Key Justice Reforms, including an End to Impunity (HRW)

Sudan Military-Civilian Pact Omits Key Justice Reforms, including an End to Impunity (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Nairobi) – Sudan’s political actors and international partners should ensure that progress on human rights and accountability for serious human rights […]

Human Rights Watch

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