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It is Genocide:  Omer Bartov Interview
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It is Genocide: Omer Bartov Interview

Fariba Amini

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Fariba Amini writes: Omer Bartov recently wrote an Op-ed piece in the New York Times in which […]

US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)

US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)

07/30/2025 By Juan Cole

Tariff Man: Bringing back the Worst Excesses of the Gilded Age

Tariff Man: Bringing back the Worst Excesses of the Gilded Age

07/30/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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Climate Crisis
Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions could wipe out 87% of Marine Life if we don't Quickly get to Zero

Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions could wipe out 87% of Marine Life if we don’t Quickly get to Zero

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some 87% of marine species are at risk of being wiped out or devastated by 2100 if the world goes […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Raising the Alarm: Israel’s All-Out Assault on Rights Defenders:  Palestinian Groups Raided, Closed; Researcher for Israeli Group Detained

Raising the Alarm: Israel’s All-Out Assault on Rights Defenders: Palestinian Groups Raided, Closed; Researcher for Israeli Group Detained

By Omar Shakir | Israel and Palestine Director, Middle East and North Africa Division | @OmarSShakir | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Three […]

Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan
Is Afghanistan Balkanizing under the Taliban Rule? On the one-year anniversary of their seizure of power, the Taliban now face a wholly different threat.

Is Afghanistan Balkanizing under the Taliban Rule? On the one-year anniversary of their seizure of power, the Taliban now face a wholly different threat.

By Atal Ahmadzai ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In the year since the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan has endured rapid and agonizing setbacks. Two […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Natural Disasters
Shelling of Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant exposes multiple risks – a nuclear expert tells us what they are

Shelling of Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant exposes multiple risks – a nuclear expert tells us what they are

By Ross Peel, King’s College London | – Shelling has recently intensified at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, raising international safety concerns. Ukrainian staff […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
With Biden’s IRA, Why Homeowners are Costing themselves Money if they don’t Install Solar Panels

With Biden’s IRA, Why Homeowners are Costing themselves Money if they don’t Install Solar Panels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has established a 10-year 30% tax credit for installing solar panels on your roof.It is […]

Juan Cole

Mass Extinction
Even a ‘limited’ Nuclear War would starve Hundreds of Millions of People, new Study Reveals

Even a ‘limited’ Nuclear War would starve Hundreds of Millions of People, new Study Reveals

By Ryan Heneghan, Queensland University of Technology | – Even a relatively small nuclear war would create a worldwide food crisis lasting at least a […]

The Conversation

Cryptocurrency
Why Cryptocurrencies Are No Digital Cure-All For Iran, Russia, Other Sanctioned States

Why Cryptocurrencies Are No Digital Cure-All For Iran, Russia, Other Sanctioned States

By Michael Scollon | – ( RFE/RL ) – Cryptocurrencies are being eyed by Iran, Russia, and other sanctioned states as a way to evade […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Arab World
Opening of shipping Routes from Ukraine will not Lessen Commodity and Food pressure on the Middle East and North Africa

Opening of shipping Routes from Ukraine will not Lessen Commodity and Food pressure on the Middle East and North Africa

By Roman Shemakov | – Russia and Ukraine are two of the most essential pillars of the global food trade, producing 25 percent of the […]

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Why the Iran Nuclear Deal would benefit America, regardless of whether Tehran is in other ways a Bad Actor

Why the Iran Nuclear Deal would benefit America, regardless of whether Tehran is in other ways a Bad Actor

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – There appears to be some movement in the indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States over the reentry of […]

Juan Cole

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Tehran On The Brink: Can Iran Survive Its Water Crisis?

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How Wind and Solar Power Keeps America’s Farms Alive

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Wildfire “Apocalypse” in Türkiye as Temperature rises to Record 122.9º F.

Juan Cole

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Egypt needs more drinkable Water – how windy coastal Resorts could help

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