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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Evangelicals
War in Ukraine is testing some American evangelicals’ support for Putin as a leader of conservative values

War in Ukraine is testing some American evangelicals’ support for Putin as a leader of conservative values

By Melani McAlister, George Washington University | – In February 2022, evangelical leader Franklin Graham called on his followers to pray for Vladimir Putin. His […]

The Conversation

Russia
My Grandfather Fled Ukraine 140 Years Ago, Now it is an Icon of Our long History of War

My Grandfather Fled Ukraine 140 Years Ago, Now it is an Icon of Our long History of War

( Tomdispatch.com) – Excuse me if I wander a little today — and if it bothers you, don’t blame me, blame Vladimir Putin. After all, […]

Tom Engelhardt

Batteries
As US Squanders $728.5 billion/ yr on Pentagon, China Captures 65% of Global EV Sales, ups Production 115%

As US Squanders $728.5 billion/ yr on Pentagon, China Captures 65% of Global EV Sales, ups Production 115%

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – China is beating the pants off the United States in the burgeoning new energy vehicle market, out-producing and out-selling America […]

Juan Cole

European Union
Ukraine and NATO Expansion

Ukraine and NATO Expansion

Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment) – To be absolutely clear, the attack on Ukraine was a clear violation of international law, and there is absolutely […]

Peter G. Prontzos

Arab World
Systemic Change Is Coming to the Arab World Thanks to Gen Z Women

Systemic Change Is Coming to the Arab World Thanks to Gen Z Women

Manama (Special to Informed Comment) – Change is coming, I promise. Even as the pace of modernization in the Arab world shows some signs of […]

Suzan Kanoo

Islam
Why did a far-right Israeli Parliamentarian storm into the Sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque?

Why did a far-right Israeli Parliamentarian storm into the Sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque?

By Nabil Al-Sahli | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – A far-right member of the Israeli parliament stormed into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque […]

Middle East Monitor

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Zelensky says Russia is the new ISIL: Top 3 Ways he may be Right

Zelensky says Russia is the new ISIL: Top 3 Ways he may be Right

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an address on Tuesday to the United Nations Security Council, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky compared Russia to the ISIL […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Responsibility for the Invasion of Ukraine and for Climate Change

Responsibility for the Invasion of Ukraine and for Climate Change

Kalamazoo, MI (Special to Informed Comment) – Many are rightly celebrating a resurgence of liberalism as the Free World rallies against Putin’s war of choice. […]

Paul Clements

Israel/ Palestine
Israel has Deprived Palestinians of Right to Choose Int’l Scholars and Students for Palestinian Universities: MESA

Israel has Deprived Palestinians of Right to Choose Int’l Scholars and Students for Palestinian Universities: MESA

Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association of North America: Letter protesting new Israel Government directive regarding selection of international scholars and students to […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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