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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Congress
Tlaib calls out "Progressive except on Israel," and Wasserman Schultz inadvertently makes Her Point for Her

Tlaib calls out “Progressive except on Israel,” and Wasserman Schultz inadvertently makes Her Point for Her

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ursula Perano at the Daily Beast reports on the controversy among the Progressive Democratic Caucus in Congress over remarks on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Can the UN be Reformed?  Turkish President Erdogan’s “A Fairer World is Possible.”  – A Review

Can the UN be Reformed? Turkish President Erdogan’s “A Fairer World is Possible.” – A Review

Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) – I avoid reading books written by politicians. They are all too often nothing more than exercises in […]

John Hickman

nuclear weapons
Ukraine war: Putin calls up more Troops and threatens Nuclear Option - But is it a Sign of Weakness?

Ukraine war: Putin calls up more Troops and threatens Nuclear Option – But is it a Sign of Weakness?

By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tatyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy | – Declaring a partial mobilisation and threatening the use of […]

The Conversation

Iran
What Really Drives Israeli Politicians' Posturing over Revival of Iran Nuclear Deal?

What Really Drives Israeli Politicians’ Posturing over Revival of Iran Nuclear Deal?

By Motasem A. Dalloul | – Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited himself for a security meeting with Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid […]

Middle East Monitor

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Fourth Day of Anti-Veil Protests Shake Iran

Fourth Day of Anti-Veil Protests Shake Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday Iran saw a fourth day of protests kicked off by the death in custody last week of Mahsa […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Roots of White Rage

Roots of White Rage

Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment) Recent development show just how divided the United States of America really is. The latest polling shows that 72% of […]

Peter G. Prontzos

Israel/ Palestine
Will the United Nations ever deliver Justice for Palestine?

Will the United Nations ever deliver Justice for Palestine?

( Middle East Monitor ) – In his anticipated speech at the United Nations General Assembly on 23 September, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected […]

Ramzy Baroud

Domestic Surveillance
Donald Trump’s Document Grab and the Dismantling of Democracy

Donald Trump’s Document Grab and the Dismantling of Democracy

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Thanks to Donald Trump, secrecy is big news these days. However, as political pundits and legal experts race to expose the […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Climate Crisis
Scientists Conclude Climate Change Contributed to 1/3 of Pakistan being Under Water; Calls for Debt Relief

Scientists Conclude Climate Change Contributed to 1/3 of Pakistan being Under Water; Calls for Debt Relief

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The massive monsoon floods that affected 33 million people in Pakistan, destroyed 1.3 million homes, turned the southern province of […]

Juan Cole

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