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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Ethiopia
Half a million Ethiopian Migrants have been Deported from Saudi Arabia in 5 years - what they go through

Half a million Ethiopian Migrants have been Deported from Saudi Arabia in 5 years – what they go through

By Girmachew Adugna, Addis Ababa University | – (The Conversation) – Tens of thousands of migrant Ethiopian workers have been forcibly repatriated from Saudi Arabia […]

The Conversation

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Spike in Extrajudicial Executions by Israeli Police of Palestinian Youth

Spike in Extrajudicial Executions by Israeli Police of Palestinian Youth

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Union has expressed its profound concern about the rash of extra-judicial killings by Israel of Palestinian young men, […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Women are the Victors in Iranian Officials' Trial Balloon on Abolishing the Morals Police

Women are the Victors in Iranian Officials’ Trial Balloon on Abolishing the Morals Police

By Farhang Jahanpour | – Oxford (Special to Informed Comment) – Various Iranian and foreign news agencies have reported that Iran’s Prosecutor General has announced […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Climate Crisis
If we Want to Limit Global Heating, the World Can’t go on Spending $10 Trillion a year on Energy

If we Want to Limit Global Heating, the World Can’t go on Spending $10 Trillion a year on Energy

By Stephen Peake, The Open University | – The world’s energy bill for 2022 is set to be the highest ever, topping US$10 trillion (£8.3 […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
Unequal Mercy: The West’s Approach to Refugees

Unequal Mercy: The West’s Approach to Refugees

By Helen Benedict | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Almost anyone would agree that war is horrifying and peaceful countries should do their best to help its […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
52% of S. Dakota’s Electricity comes from Wind Power and other Green Energy Triumphs even in Red States

52% of S. Dakota’s Electricity comes from Wind Power and other Green Energy Triumphs even in Red States

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – About 10% of the electricity generated in the US comes from wind installations. It isn’t nearly enough, either to fight […]

Juan Cole

Carbon Footprint
G20 still paying Billions in Fossil Fuel Subsidies

G20 still paying Billions in Fossil Fuel Subsidies

By Catherine Early | – ( China Dialogue) – The Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of 19 countries and the European Union. These […]

China Dialogue

Russia
Historical Reasons that Turkey is the pivot point between Russia and the US on Ukraine War

Historical Reasons that Turkey is the pivot point between Russia and the US on Ukraine War

By Georgios Giannakopoulos, City, University of London | – (The Conversation) – The war in Ukraine has put Turkey into the geopolitical spotlight. One of […]

The Conversation

Internet
In Turkey, Social Media Platforms become Complicit in censoring Media and Freedom of Speech

In Turkey, Social Media Platforms become Complicit in censoring Media and Freedom of Speech

By Arzu Geybullayeva | – ( Global Voices ) – Metin Cihan is a Turkish journalist who has long been engaged in exposing corruption among […]

Global Voices

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