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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
European Union

European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

09/13/2025 By Juan Cole

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

09/13/2025 By The Conversation

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Authoritarianism
Top Iran Prosecutor Threatens Death Penalty for Leading Protests, as Government arrests over 7,000

Top Iran Prosecutor Threatens Death Penalty for Leading Protests, as Government arrests over 7,000

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – BBC Monitoring reports that the protests in Iran are continuing, both in small towns and big cities, though the situation […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Tax Cuts for the Rich, Fracking and Harsh Discipline undid UK's Liz Truss, in Warning to Conservative Parties Everywhere

Tax Cuts for the Rich, Fracking and Harsh Discipline undid UK’s Liz Truss, in Warning to Conservative Parties Everywhere

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment) – The British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced to step down on Thursday 20th October only after 44 days […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Arms Sales
Ukraine war: Iranian ‘kamikaze’ drones can inflict serious damage but will not be a gamechanger

Ukraine war: Iranian ‘kamikaze’ drones can inflict serious damage but will not be a gamechanger

By Dominika Kunertova, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | – Many Ukrainians are facing the prospect of a winter of power outages after about […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
The Ukraine Moment:   Lessons from the War on Terror

The Ukraine Moment: Lessons from the War on Terror

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Ukraine is obviously a powder keg. With each passing day, in fact, the war there poses new threats to the world […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Climate Crisis
California to Power 1.5 Million Homes with Offshore Floating Wind Turbines in March toward Zero Carbon

California to Power 1.5 Million Homes with Offshore Floating Wind Turbines in March toward Zero Carbon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Department of the Interior announced this week that on December 6, auctions will be held for offshore wind farms […]

Juan Cole

American Jews
Ken Burns' Holocaust Documentary should set our Hair on Fire about the Creep of Trumpian Fascism

Ken Burns’ Holocaust Documentary should set our Hair on Fire about the Creep of Trumpian Fascism

Oakland (Special to Informed Comment) – The genius of Ken Burns’ documentaries is his ability to personify history. Watching the documentary by Burns, Lynn Novick […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Natural Gas
Has Putin bought Ankara's Neutrality in Ukraine War with a Pledge to Make Turkiye a Gas Hub for Europe?

Has Putin bought Ankara’s Neutrality in Ukraine War with a Pledge to Make Turkiye a Gas Hub for Europe?

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – To produce energy takes ages, but setting up new diplomatic ties, changes day […]

Middle East Monitor

Greece
Could Tensions between Greece and Turkey spiral into yet another European war?

Could Tensions between Greece and Turkey spiral into yet another European war?

By Yasar Bukan, Toronto Metropolitan University | – Tensions are flaring between Turkey and Greece over the militarization of the eastern Aegean islands and a […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Turbocharging Green Energy would Allow Ukraine, Europe better to defy Putin's War

Turbocharging Green Energy would Allow Ukraine, Europe better to defy Putin’s War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dan Sabbagh (in Kyiv) and Patrick Wintour report in The Guardian that recent Russian drone, rocket and missile attacks on […]

Juan Cole

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