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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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Just Stop Oil: Research shows how Activists and Politicians talk differently about Climate Change<

Just Stop Oil: Research shows how Activists and Politicians talk differently about Climate Change<

By Clare Cunningham, York St John University | – The environmental activist group Just Stop Oil has grasped public attention with a series of “art […]

The Conversation

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Israel:  Ultra-Far-Right Ben-Gvir Given Nat'l Security Ministry - As though KKK took over Homeland Security in US

Israel: Ultra-Far-Right Ben-Gvir Given Nat’l Security Ministry – As though KKK took over Homeland Security in US

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Likud Party of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu signed a deal on Friday […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
‘A Nightmare’: Iran Intensifies Deadly Crackdown In Kurdistan Region As Protests Rage

‘A Nightmare’: Iran Intensifies Deadly Crackdown In Kurdistan Region As Protests Rage

( RFE/RL ) – Iranian authorities have intensified their deadly crackdown in the country’s western Kurdistan region, which has been the epicenter of the anti-establishment […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Arab World
No more “Marry your Rapist”:  Repeal Laws Discriminating against Women in the Middle East – ‘Equality Now’

No more “Marry your Rapist”: Repeal Laws Discriminating against Women in the Middle East – ‘Equality Now’

By Amelia Smith | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The women’s rights NGO, Equality Now, has released a policy brief to mark International […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
COP27: how the Fossil Fuel Lobby Crowded out Calls for Climate Justice

COP27: how the Fossil Fuel Lobby Crowded out Calls for Climate Justice

By Alix Dietzel, University of Bristol | – COP27 has just wrapped up. Despite much excitement over a new fund to address “loss and damage” […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Did the Ukraine War kill 'Natural Gas?'  Solar Power is 10 times Cheaper over the long Term

Did the Ukraine War kill ‘Natural Gas?’ Solar Power is 10 times Cheaper over the long Term

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The independent energy research firm Rystad Energy, headquartered in Oslo, has found that it would be ten times less expensive […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Ukraine War, Energy Crisis, pushes Germans’ Acceptance of Wind Turbines to Record Level

Ukraine War, Energy Crisis, pushes Germans’ Acceptance of Wind Turbines to Record Level

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Onshore wind power has become more popular than ever among people living in Germany […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Will Netanyahu's new Religious Right Gov't Turn Israel into an Iran, with Gender Segregation and Pampered Seminarians?

Will Netanyahu’s new Religious Right Gov’t Turn Israel into an Iran, with Gender Segregation and Pampered Seminarians?

( Middle East Monitor ) – Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has asked Likud voters a series of questions related to the current impasse […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘All Fossil Fuels’. What’s next for the Fight to keep them in the Ground?

COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘All Fossil Fuels’. What’s next for the Fight to keep them in the Ground?

By Fergus Green, UCL and Harro van Asselt, Stockholm Environment Institute | – (The Conversation) – The latest UN climate change summit (COP27) concluded, once […]

The Conversation

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