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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?
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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

From diplomatic architects to shock absorbers – Iranian missiles raining down on the Gulf Cooperation Council , targeting US military facilities

The Controversial Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The Controversial Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

03/04/2026 By The Conversation

Why Guns? From Personal Power to Autocracy in Donald Trump’s America

Why Guns? From Personal Power to Autocracy in Donald Trump’s America

03/04/2026 By Beverly Gologorsky

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“The Dawn of Nothing:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:38

“The Dawn of Nothing:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:38

Barkeep, why grieve about the future fate of friends? Bring out your finest vintage — since the night is disappearing.

Juan Cole

Iran
Saudi foreign policy makers have read Sun Tzu well. Have Iran’s?

Saudi foreign policy makers have read Sun Tzu well. Have Iran’s?

In MENA, restraint and economic statecraft eclipse proxy wars, as Iran’s overstretch contrasts with Saudi Arabia’s calculation

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Climate Crisis
Climate Change could expose 1.1 billion People to Hunger by 2100 if We don’t Act Now

Climate Change could expose 1.1 billion People to Hunger by 2100 if We don’t Act Now

Africa is expected to bear a heavy toll, with more than 170 million people predicted to be exposed to food crises

The Conversation

Donald Trump
SCOTUS Tariff Ruling to Ease Solar Prices, as even GOP Voters Boost Sun Power

SCOTUS Tariff Ruling to Ease Solar Prices, as even GOP Voters Boost Sun Power

The SCOTUS decision striking down arbitrary Trump tariffs will make solar panel imports cheaper

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Ramadan under the Rubble: Gaza welcomes Holy Month amid Unhealed Wounds

Ramadan under the Rubble: Gaza welcomes Holy Month amid Unhealed Wounds

Severe shortages of food, fuel, and basic services define daily existence among people in Gaza

Middle East Monitor

Food Insecurity
Food and War in Sudan

Food and War in Sudan

The Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – have investments in land, food processing and agricultural trade

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump Compares his Gaza Peace Plan to the Melania Movie, and he is Right

Trump Compares his Gaza Peace Plan to the Melania Movie, and he is Right

Trump’s Gaza plans have no concrete reality, consisting of a mere Potemkin Village: the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza are sleeping rough

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

A new US war on Iran would be a cynical and catastrophic escalation of the crisis already swallowing its people

Nicolas J. S. Davies

nuclear weapons
Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists just moved its Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to nuclear midnight, four seconds closer than ever before.

Frida Berrigan

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