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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
China

Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half of 2025, consumers in that country bought 10,891,000 passenger vehicles. But […]

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

08/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

08/12/2025 By The Conversation

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Biden needs an Iran Deal: The US cannot Afford to Sanction both Moscow and Tehran without Risking $300 a barrel Oil

Biden needs an Iran Deal: The US cannot Afford to Sanction both Moscow and Tehran without Risking $300 a barrel Oil

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States cannot afford to impose severe economic sanctions and boycotts on Russia and on Iran at the same […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Exacerbates Hunger in Middle East, North Africa:  Strong Government Response Needed to Protect the Right to Food

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Exacerbates Hunger in Middle East, North Africa: Strong Government Response Needed to Protect the Right to Food

Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – Governments should ensure that the conflict in Ukraine does not worsen the food crisis in the Middle East and […]

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Latin America
In the new Great Game, can Venezuela negotiate an end to deadly US sanctions?

In the new Great Game, can Venezuela negotiate an end to deadly US sanctions?

(Middle East Monitor ) – The tables have turned. A high-level US delegation visited Venezuela on 5 March, hoping to repair economic ties with Caracas. […]

Ramzy Baroud

Feminism
Ukraine’s women fighters reflect a cultural tradition of feminist independence

Ukraine’s women fighters reflect a cultural tradition of feminist independence

By Mia Bloom, Georgia State University and Sophia Moskalenko, Georgia State University | – Tens of thousands of Ukrainian women have taken up arms during […]

The Conversation

Bashar al-Assad
Was Putin's Himalayan Error on Ukraine a Result of his Syrian Success?

Was Putin’s Himalayan Error on Ukraine a Result of his Syrian Success?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Alexander Titov at Queen’s University, Belfast, has argued that the commonly met with meme that Vladimir Putin has gone off […]

Juan Cole

Christians
How the most Powerful Israel Lobby started Preferring anti-Democratic White Christian Nationalism to American Jews

How the most Powerful Israel Lobby started Preferring anti-Democratic White Christian Nationalism to American Jews

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee or AIPAC, the major coordinator of thousands of organizations making up the Israel […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Iran
The story of the Iranian new year, Nowruz, and why its themes of renewal and healing matter

The story of the Iranian new year, Nowruz, and why its themes of renewal and healing matter

By Pardis Mahdavi, Arizona State University | – As the days grow longer and the flowers start to bloom, my 7-year-old gets excited and exclaims, […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
From Drought to Deluge: Those Who Contribute the Least to the Climate Crisis Suffer the Most

From Drought to Deluge: Those Who Contribute the Least to the Climate Crisis Suffer the Most

By Jane Braxton Little | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Greenville, CA — Snow began falling on December 24th, big fluffy flakes that made lace […]

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Happiness Apartheid: UN Ranks Israel 9th for Happiness, Occupied Palestinian Territories 122nd

Happiness Apartheid: UN Ranks Israel 9th for Happiness, Occupied Palestinian Territories 122nd

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN World Happiness Report for 2021 ranks Israel as the 9th happiest country in the world, but lists the […]

Juan Cole

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