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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up
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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

06/23/2025 By The Conversation

No Kings!  This is What Democracy Looks Like

No Kings! This is What Democracy Looks Like

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Israel/ Palestine
The US Law Restricting Satellite Imagery of Palestine-Israel

The US Law Restricting Satellite Imagery of Palestine-Israel

By Zena Agha | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – Bipartisan legislation passed by the US Congress in 1997 limits the quality and availability of satellite […]

Al-Shabaka

China
Climate Emergency hits China: Historic droughts trigger power Shortages in the Yangtze Basin

Climate Emergency hits China: Historic droughts trigger power Shortages in the Yangtze Basin

( China Dialogue ) – Since mid-June, China has been facing the most intense and enduring heat waves since records began in 1961, according to […]

China Dialogue

Bashar al-Assad
Is US fight against Shiite Militias in Syria becoming entangled in Russia-US Ukraine Tensions?

Is US fight against Shiite Militias in Syria becoming entangled in Russia-US Ukraine Tensions?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AP reports that early today, Wednesday, the US military launched air strikes against Iran-backed Shiite militias in Deir al-Zor Province, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Gravity power holds major promise for the decarbonization of electricity grids:  Wind and solar energy get a lift from falling-weight technology

Gravity power holds major promise for the decarbonization of electricity grids: Wind and solar energy get a lift from falling-weight technology

By David Henry | – ( Landscape News) – The Energy Vault Resiliency Center, a scalable gravity-powered energy storage center that holds major promise for […]

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Arab Spring
Digital Media and Sudan's Revolution

Digital Media and Sudan’s Revolution

By Shafie Khader Saeed | – Industrial revolutions are defined as new scientific and technological breakthroughs and innovative ways of seeing and dealing with the […]

Middle East Monitor

slavery
Slavery and War are tightly Connected – but we had no Idea just how Much until we crunched the Data

Slavery and War are tightly Connected – but we had no Idea just how Much until we crunched the Data

By Monti Datta, University of Richmond; Angharad Smith, United Nations University and Kevin Bales, University of Nottingham | – Some 40 million people are enslaved […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions could wipe out 87% of Marine Life if we don't Quickly get to Zero

Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions could wipe out 87% of Marine Life if we don’t Quickly get to Zero

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some 87% of marine species are at risk of being wiped out or devastated by 2100 if the world goes […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Raising the Alarm: Israel’s All-Out Assault on Rights Defenders:  Palestinian Groups Raided, Closed; Researcher for Israeli Group Detained

Raising the Alarm: Israel’s All-Out Assault on Rights Defenders: Palestinian Groups Raided, Closed; Researcher for Israeli Group Detained

By Omar Shakir | Israel and Palestine Director, Middle East and North Africa Division | @OmarSShakir | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Three […]

Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan
Is Afghanistan Balkanizing under the Taliban Rule? On the one-year anniversary of their seizure of power, the Taliban now face a wholly different threat.

Is Afghanistan Balkanizing under the Taliban Rule? On the one-year anniversary of their seizure of power, the Taliban now face a wholly different threat.

By Atal Ahmadzai ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In the year since the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan has endured rapid and agonizing setbacks. Two […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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