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Did the U.S. Permanently Destabilize Iraq? Will There be an Intra-Shia Civil War?
By Raed Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – There is usually a lot of competition between near-equal armed groups in Iraq. Resisting […]
A Syrian Academic at the Fringe: why I put on a Show to reclaim the Stories of Refugees like Me
By Lina Fadel, Heriot-Watt University | – This summer I performed my own one-woman show at the 75th Edinburgh Fringe – a sentence I never […]
Saudis sentence Leeds doctoral student Salma Al-Shehab to 34 Years in Prison for Human Rights Tweets
Middle East Studies Association | – Committee on Academic Freedom 7 September 2022 His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia […]
What’s worse than a Slow-Moving Doomsday Glacier like Thwaites? A Raptor Glacier Sprinting for the Ocean!
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As regular readers know, I’m fascinated by glaciers. Growing up in France, I had the opportunity at one point to […]
New Hawkish UK PM Liz Truss is Spoiling for Confrontations with Russia and China
London (Special to Informed Comment) – The United Kingdom has announced its third Prime Minister since Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) in […]
Djinns and Glass Palaces: Is New Saudi Desert City Utopia or Horror Story?
By Omar Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Saudi Arabia’s The Line has been lauded as the world’s most futuristic city plan, and […]
The Trump Supreme Court Is Nothing New: A History of the Tyranny of the Supremes
By Steve Fraser | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Has the Trump Supreme Court gone rogue? The evidence mounts. Certainly, its recent judicial blitzkrieg has […]
Despite Israeli Whitewash, Its Killing of US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was a War Crime
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli military issued a brazen whitewash of its killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and its shooting of […]
As Colorado River Dries Up, the U.S. Teeters on the Brink of Larger Water Crisis
By Abrahm Lustgarten | – ( ProPublica) – The western United States is, famously, in the grips of its worst megadrought in a millennium. The […]
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