Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump:  Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?
China

Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump: Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The reports of the past few days are extremely worrying. The acrimonious and open split between President Donald […]

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

06/07/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

06/07/2025 By The Conversation

More Stories

Israel/ Palestine
Even CNN concluded that Israeli Snipers Targeted Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; But this Tactic is Routine

Even CNN concluded that Israeli Snipers Targeted Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; But this Tactic is Routine

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s public relations and diplomacy may be running into a few pitfalls, as US mainstream media outlet CNN explicitly […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Stinky seaweed is clogging Caribbean beaches – but a New Zealand solution could turn it into green power and fertiliser

Stinky seaweed is clogging Caribbean beaches – but a New Zealand solution could turn it into green power and fertiliser

By Saeid Baroutian, University of Auckland; and Terrell Thompson, University of Auckland | – Rotting seaweed has plagued the Caribbean for more than 10 years […]

The Conversation

CIA
The Ultimate Blowback Planet:  Remembering Chalmers Johnson

The Ultimate Blowback Planet: Remembering Chalmers Johnson

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Once upon a time, long, long ago — actually, it was early in the year 2000 — I was involved in […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Crisis
Chevy Bolt now Least Expensive EV in US Market, as Studies show they cut Carbon by ~70% over ICE Cars

Chevy Bolt now Least Expensive EV in US Market, as Studies show they cut Carbon by ~70% over ICE Cars

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – General Motors has just slashed the cost of its struggling Bolt by over 18%! If you just go by the […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Absolute Monarchy United Arab Emirates: Sweeping Legal ’Reforms’ Actually Deepen Some forms of Repression

Absolute Monarchy United Arab Emirates: Sweeping Legal ’Reforms’ Actually Deepen Some forms of Repression

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Wide-ranging legal changes introduced by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in late 2021 fail to address the longstanding and […]

Human Rights Watch

Christians
Overcoming the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism

Overcoming the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism

By Aaron Scott | – ( Otherwords.org ) – I grew up in a church community that pitted people against each other and called it […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
The ‘carbon footprint’ was co-opted by fossil fuel companies to shift climate blame – here’s how it can serve us again

The ‘carbon footprint’ was co-opted by fossil fuel companies to shift climate blame – here’s how it can serve us again

By Marcelle McManus, University of Bath | – “You can’t manage what you can’t measure”, according to a famous business mantra often attributed to management […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The last Time our Atmosphere had 421 ppm of Carbon Dioxide, Florida was under Water and Giant Camels and Rhinoceri roamed Indiana

The last Time our Atmosphere had 421 ppm of Carbon Dioxide, Florida was under Water and Giant Camels and Rhinoceri roamed Indiana

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Friday that in May, carbon dioxide peaked at 421 parts per […]

Juan Cole

Asian-Americans
How the Media Sugar-coats Anti-Chinese Racism

How the Media Sugar-coats Anti-Chinese Racism

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – Recently the Brookings Institute held a panel on “The national security implications of anti-Asian racism.” Noting that Asian […]

Martin Powers

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 417
  • Page 418
  • Page 419
  • Page 420
  • Page 421
  • …
  • Page 2991
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Corporate Surveillance

How your Smartphone is Spying on You and giving You Attention Deficit Disorder

Frida Berrigan

Israel/ Palestine

Is there a Crack in Western Support for the Gaza Genocide?

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Colonialism

Russia in Iran: The Times and Life of Diplomat Ivan Jakolevich Korostovetz

Fariba Amini

Israel/ Palestine

A Two-State Solution is gaining Momentum again for Israel and the Palestinians. Does it have a chance of success?

The Conversation

Popular

  • Avatar of Chaos, Cruelty and Death: Elon Musk's Reign of Terror isn't Over
  • Two New Polls Reveal the Falsehoods of Right-Wing Israeli Propaganda
  • The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade
  • How your Smartphone is Spying on You and giving You Attention Deficit Disorder
  • A Two-State Solution is gaining Momentum again for Israel and the Palestinians. Does it have a chance of success?
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved