Informed Comment - Part 368

Iran: ‘Bloody Friday’ Crackdown This Year’s Deadliest

Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – Iranian security forces using unlawful lethal force, killed and wounded several dozen protesters in Zahedan on September 30, […]

Human Rights Watch

BDS

Challenging Israel-inspired Anti-Boycott Legislation in the US

By Tariq Kenney-Shawa | – ( Al-Shabakah) – The Israeli regime’s defenders across the US are ramping up efforts to criminalize the constitutionally protected right […]

Al-Shabaka

Climate Crisis

Ukraine war: Putin has been weaponising energy for years, here’s what to look out for next

By Thomas Froehlich, King’s College London | – Not since the 1970s oil crisis has the west seen such a focus on energy security. Suddenly […]

The Conversation

Featured

Top 8 Political and Geopolitical Shifts in the Middle East in 2022

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We saw a lot of pivotal developments in the Middle East this year, including the impact of climate change in […]

Juan Cole

Biodiversity

Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins could be Extinct by 2100 – and other Species may follow if we don’t act

By Jasmine Lee, Queensland University of Technology; Iadine Chadès, CSIRO; and Justine Shaw, The University of Queensland | Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis

Is the New Energy Crisis a Boon for the Green Energy Transition?

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The year 2022 saw the energy topic return intensely to the attention of […]

Middle East Monitor

Inequality

The Top 10 Inequality Victories of 2022

By Sarah Anderson | Inegality.org | – Congratulations to everyone who worked to move the country and the world towards greater equity in 2022. Herewith […]

Inequality.org

Christianity