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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Why the Right Wingers in Israel and the US Really Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal: They want Regime Change Instead

Why the Right Wingers in Israel and the US Really Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal: They want Regime Change Instead

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Right wing Israeli politicians such as former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and even centrist politicians like caretaker Prime Minister Yair […]

Juan Cole

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The Inflation Reduction Act's Incentives are a Start to a Green Energy Revolution, but Now comes the Hard Work

The Inflation Reduction Act’s Incentives are a Start to a Green Energy Revolution, but Now comes the Hard Work

By Daniel Cohan, Rice University | – The new Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and […]

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The US Law Restricting Satellite Imagery of Palestine-Israel

The US Law Restricting Satellite Imagery of Palestine-Israel

By Zena Agha | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – Bipartisan legislation passed by the US Congress in 1997 limits the quality and availability of satellite […]

Al-Shabaka

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Climate Emergency hits China: Historic droughts trigger power Shortages in the Yangtze Basin

Climate Emergency hits China: Historic droughts trigger power Shortages in the Yangtze Basin

( China Dialogue ) – Since mid-June, China has been facing the most intense and enduring heat waves since records began in 1961, according to […]

China Dialogue

Bashar al-Assad
Is US fight against Shiite Militias in Syria becoming entangled in Russia-US Ukraine Tensions?

Is US fight against Shiite Militias in Syria becoming entangled in Russia-US Ukraine Tensions?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AP reports that early today, Wednesday, the US military launched air strikes against Iran-backed Shiite militias in Deir al-Zor Province, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Gravity power holds major promise for the decarbonization of electricity grids:  Wind and solar energy get a lift from falling-weight technology

Gravity power holds major promise for the decarbonization of electricity grids: Wind and solar energy get a lift from falling-weight technology

By David Henry | – ( Landscape News) – The Energy Vault Resiliency Center, a scalable gravity-powered energy storage center that holds major promise for […]

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Digital Media and Sudan's Revolution

Digital Media and Sudan’s Revolution

By Shafie Khader Saeed | – Industrial revolutions are defined as new scientific and technological breakthroughs and innovative ways of seeing and dealing with the […]

Middle East Monitor

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Slavery and War are tightly Connected – but we had no Idea just how Much until we crunched the Data

Slavery and War are tightly Connected – but we had no Idea just how Much until we crunched the Data

By Monti Datta, University of Richmond; Angharad Smith, United Nations University and Kevin Bales, University of Nottingham | – Some 40 million people are enslaved […]

The Conversation

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

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