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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
China

Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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Left Politics
The Left has to Recognize Russian Imperialism in Ukraine or it is Trapped in Americocentrism

The Left has to Recognize Russian Imperialism in Ukraine or it is Trapped in Americocentrism

By David Ost | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – It is tough for leftists to be on the same side as the […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Afghanistan
Why didn’t US strikes on Afghan Weddings generate Press Outrage like Russia’s Killings of Civilians in Ukraine?

Why didn’t US strikes on Afghan Weddings generate Press Outrage like Russia’s Killings of Civilians in Ukraine?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – You’ve seen the grisly footage. You’ve read the harrowing reports. The evidence is everywhere and it’s as chilling as it is […]

Nick Turse

Donald Trump
Republicans dislike Biden more than Putin by over 2-to-1: No Rallying around the Flag

Republicans dislike Biden more than Putin by over 2-to-1: No Rallying around the Flag

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by Shibley Telhami and Stella Rouse at the University of Maryland finds that Republicans dislike President […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
GOP's Voter Suppression Laws are a Five-Alarm Emergency for Democracy

GOP’s Voter Suppression Laws are a Five-Alarm Emergency for Democracy

By Robert P. Alvarez | – ( Otherwords.org ) – “Voter suppression” is a divisive and highly politicized term. But for the slate of bills […]

OtherWords

France
Whoever Wins France's Election, its Muslims Fear Islamophobia has Become Endemic

Whoever Wins France’s Election, its Muslims Fear Islamophobia has Become Endemic

By Rayan Freschie | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As the French election looms on the horizon, Muslims in France are less interested […]

Middle East Monitor

Africa
Timbuktu Manuscripts Online promise to re-balance the African Continent’s place in World intellectual History

Timbuktu Manuscripts Online promise to re-balance the African Continent’s place in World intellectual History

By Charles C. Stewart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | – The ancient Timbuktu manuscripts of Mali were back in the headlines following internet giant […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Ketanji Brown Jackson joins a Court that once Ruled Black Women had no Rights at All

Ketanji Brown Jackson joins a Court that once Ruled Black Women had no Rights at All

Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – An unprecedented ceremony at the White House on Friday celebrated the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson as Associate Justice […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy reform in decades”

Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy reform in decades”

By Kerstine Appunn and Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany wants to fight the climate crisis and its heavy dependence […]

Julian Wettengel

Russia
Syria’s dire economy and years of fighting send young ‘mercenaries’ to fight in Ukraine

Syria’s dire economy and years of fighting send young ‘mercenaries’ to fight in Ukraine

By Raseef22 | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – Following years of a devastating war that continues to fragment the country, Syria is now exporting professional […]

Global Voices

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