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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

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Egypt's Alexandria in Danger of becoming a modern Atlantis, as Climate Conference opens in Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt’s Alexandria in Danger of becoming a modern Atlantis, as Climate Conference opens in Sharm El Sheikh

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The second-largest city in the country hosting this year’s international climate change conference, Alexandria in Egypt, will struggle for its […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way

Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way

By Jeremy Schwartz and Jessica Priest | – Co-published with The Texas Tribune ( ProPublica) – Six days before a local runoff election last year […]

ProPublica

Batteries
China's Decarbonization Miracle: "We are Witnessing a Fundamental Change in its Electricity Mix"

China’s Decarbonization Miracle: “We are Witnessing a Fundamental Change in its Electricity Mix”

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – When it comes to a global clean energy transition, China is both part of the problem and part of […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
As COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt Nears, World Needs to Realize Depth of Crisis, Urgency of Action

As COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt Nears, World Needs to Realize Depth of Crisis, Urgency of Action

By Andrew King, The University of Melbourne | – (The Conversation) – World leaders and climate experts are gathering for pivotal United Nations climate change […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
The Rise of Israeli Fascism as the Swing Vote in Parliament, and the Project of Ethnic Cleansing

The Rise of Israeli Fascism as the Swing Vote in Parliament, and the Project of Ethnic Cleansing

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Despite Israeli propaganda about being a democracy that shares values with the liberal West, the country has for some time […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
'Bloody Friday' highlights the Plight of the Baloch in Iran

‘Bloody Friday’ highlights the Plight of the Baloch in Iran

By Samand Muhammad-Shahi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – A month after a brutal massacre, protests continue in Iran’s restive region of Balochistan, […]

Middle East Monitor

Africa
Droughts don’t need to result in famine: Ethiopia and Somalia show what makes the difference

Droughts don’t need to result in famine: Ethiopia and Somalia show what makes the difference

By Joshua Busby, University of Texas at Austin | – The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in 40 years. Scientists suspect that […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Planet Earth We Grew up With, R.I.P.

The Planet Earth We Grew up With, R.I.P.

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Oddly enough, I’ve read obituaries with fascination from the time I was quite young. And yet, in all these years, I’ve […]

Tom Engelhardt

China
Death Knell for Big Carbon? Globally, All New Electricity Demand was Met by Renewables in first 1/2 of '22, with Fossil Fuels Flat

Death Knell for Big Carbon? Globally, All New Electricity Demand was Met by Renewables in first 1/2 of ’22, with Fossil Fuels Flat

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the first half of 2022, there was no increase in the world’s use of fossil fuels, and all new […]

Juan Cole

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