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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?
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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Dan Steinbock

Israel seeks to demolish the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the occupied territories, in the war against the poorest in the Global South

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

01/27/2026 By Juan Cole

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

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Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran

We are shocked and appalled by reports of the high number of civilians shot dead — as well as the thousands of arrests

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Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

‘How to Read Donald Duck,’ that classic guide to U.S. cultural imperialism in Latin America: there was always more to a Disney comic than gags.

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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast

Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast

five miles off Dongying is where China Energy CHN Energy has located its $1.2 billion offshore solar panel array, the largest in the world

Juan Cole

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How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

After an extreme weather event, climate organizers can seize the opportunity to push for tangible policy change

Waging Nonviolence

Saudi Arabia
Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE are backing different factions and prolonging the conflict

Foreign Policy in Focus

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A Triple Entente?  Türkiye interested in joining Saudi-Pakistan Nuclear Security Pact

A Triple Entente? Türkiye interested in joining Saudi-Pakistan Nuclear Security Pact

Allies of the US in the Middle East no longer trust Washington to protect them from Israel

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump’s Gaza Board and the Return of Colonialism

Trump’s Gaza Board and the Return of Colonialism

The theoretical foundation of any “Board of Peace” is rooted in what theorist Frantz Fanon identified as the colonial “civilising mission.”

Middle East Monitor

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What Iran’s latest Protests tell us about Power, Memory and Resistance

What Iran’s latest Protests tell us about Power, Memory and Resistance

In the recent political unrest, the IRGC used force to control, intimidate and silence protesters

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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

Mohammad Eslami

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