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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

Houthi
The mobilization for Yemen is a powerful Model for Today’s Peace Movement

The mobilization for Yemen is a powerful Model for Today’s Peace Movement

By Sarah Freeman-Woolpert | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – From the brutal war in Ukraine to the devastating school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, aggression […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
Electricity from the cold Ocean Depths could One day Power Island States

Electricity from the cold Ocean Depths could One day Power Island States

By Rosalind Archer, Griffith University | – In the tropics, the deep sea is cold and the sea surface is very warm. That temperature difference […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Biden Reverses himself on Saudi "Pariah," needing Riyadh's Oil to Punish Putin for Ukraine

Biden Reverses himself on Saudi “Pariah,” needing Riyadh’s Oil to Punish Putin for Ukraine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden ran on making Saudi Arabia a “pariah,” given that the CIA accused Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Iranian Protesters demand Justice after Deaths in Abadan’s Building Collapse

Iranian Protesters demand Justice after Deaths in Abadan’s Building Collapse

Written by Fred Petrossian | – ( Globalvoices.org) – Hundreds of Iranians took to the streets in Abadan, the capital of the southwestern oil-rich province […]

Global Voices

Authoritarianism
Elections: a Global Ranking rates US Weakest among Liberal Democracies

Elections: a Global Ranking rates US Weakest among Liberal Democracies

By Toby James, University of East Anglia; and Holly Ann Garnett, Royal Military College of Canada | – Defending democracy has suddenly become one of […]

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