Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]
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8 billion people: Four Ways Climate Change and Population Growth combine to threaten Public Health, with Global Consequences
By Maureen Lichtveld, University of Pittsburgh | – There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist. Will we have enough […]
Case Western Reserve U’s President Confuses Criticism of Israeli Occupation Policies with anti-Semitism: CAF MESA
Middle East Studies Association of North America | Committee on Academic Freedom Committee on Academic Freedom 15 November 2022 Eric W. Kaler President, Case Western […]
Deaf to History’s Questions: A Tale of Two Elizabeths, One Joe, One Donald, and Us
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Britons mourned the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II, and understandably so. The outpouring of affection for their long-serving monarch was […]
DOJ finally orders FBI to Investigate Israeli Killing of US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; Israel Sniffs: Will not Cooperate
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AP reports that the Department of Justice gave the Federal Bureau of Investigation the charge of investigating the Israeli killing […]
The Veil in Iran has been an enduring Symbol of Patriarchal Norms – but its Use has Changed depending on Who is in Power
By Amy Motlagh, University of California, Davis | – In images of the uprising that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16, […]
Palestinians and Native Americans are both the Oppressed Indigenous Peoples of their Lands
( Middle East Monitor ) – At a recent conference in Istanbul that brought many Palestinian scholars and activists together to discuss the search for […]
SCOTUS: Chair of Arizona GOP, Kelli Ward, must turn over her Phone Records to Jan. 6 House Panel
By Tori Gantz | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Monday that Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward has […]
Emirates has Spent $154 mn on Lobbying US since 2016, and has Illegally Influenced US Politics: Intel Report
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UAE has spent more than $154 million on lobbyists since 2016, according to Justice Department records. It has spent […]
Yemen: ‘What Have we Left Behind’ by Bushra Al-Maqtari – “Only victims are real in this war”
Barcelona (Special to Informed Comment) – Review of Bushra Al-Maqtari, What Have You Left Behind? (London: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2022.) “Only victims are real in this […]
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