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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
China

Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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To Deal with Saudi Arabia, Biden should Fast-Track both Iran Deal and the Greening of Transportation

To Deal with Saudi Arabia, Biden should Fast-Track both Iran Deal and the Greening of Transportation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Reuters reports that the Biden White House is upset with Saudi Arabia over the recent OPEC+ decision to cut the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Catastrophe: Historians reveal Israel's use of Poisoning, Typhoid against Palestinians in 1948

Catastrophe: Historians reveal Israel’s use of Poisoning, Typhoid against Palestinians in 1948

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The details of Israel’s secret use of biological weapons and poison against Palestinians during […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
Headcovers have always been Political in Iran – for Women on all Sides

Headcovers have always been Political in Iran – for Women on all Sides

By Eliz Sanasarian, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – A friend and I were strolling through Tehran’s streets one afternoon when […]

The Conversation

China
The World’s Other Nuclear Flashpoint: Mounting Tensions Over Taiwan

The World’s Other Nuclear Flashpoint: Mounting Tensions Over Taiwan

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Thanks to Vladimir Putin’s recent implicit threat to employ nuclear weapons if the U.S. and its NATO allies continue to arm […]

Michael T. Klare

Authoritarianism
Iran: In Widening of Social Base of Protests, Oil Workers go on Strike in Support of Youth Demonstrators

Iran: In Widening of Social Base of Protests, Oil Workers go on Strike in Support of Youth Demonstrators

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The student protests continued in Iran on Monday, as youth rallied at the University of Shiraz and at several campuses […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Iran: the hijab protests are now Massive, but a Revolution will need the Military to change Sides

Iran: the hijab protests are now Massive, but a Revolution will need the Military to change Sides

By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, SOAS, University of London | – More than three weeks after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Ahmini for disobeying Iran’s strict laws, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
The Case for Palestinian Nationality

The Case for Palestinian Nationality

By Nadim Bawalsa | – Exiled Palestinians’ right to Palestinian nationality is protected under international law, irrespective of racist Israeli apartheid policies. How can Palestinians […]

Al-Shabaka

Climate Crisis
The climate Movement was built for a World before Climate Change — it’s Time for a new Approach

The climate Movement was built for a World before Climate Change — it’s Time for a new Approach

By Cam Fenton | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – We are past the point where “stopping” climate change is really possible. With global temperature rise […]

Waging Nonviolence

Authoritarianism
Iran: Women Students Brand Regime Paramilitary "ISIL" as Protests Continue, with at least 185 Dead

Iran: Women Students Brand Regime Paramilitary “ISIL” as Protests Continue, with at least 185 Dead

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dubai’s Al-Arabiya reports that on Sunday evening angry nighttime demonstrations broke out in numerous Iranian cities, as the wave of […]

Juan Cole

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