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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 […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Corporations
The billion dollar deal that made Google and Amazon partners in the Israeli occupation of Palestine

The billion dollar deal that made Google and Amazon partners in the Israeli occupation of Palestine

( Middle East Monitor ) – “We are anonymous because we fear retaliation.” This text was part of a letter signed by 500 Google employees […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
SEC proposes far-reaching climate disclosure rules for companies – here’s where the rules may be vulnerable to legal challenges

SEC proposes far-reaching climate disclosure rules for companies – here’s where the rules may be vulnerable to legal challenges

By Daniel E. Walters, Penn State; and William M. Manson, Penn State | – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released its long-awaited proposal to […]

The Conversation

Cold War
Washington Should Think Twice Before Launching a New Cold War: A History Lesson for Our Desperate Moment

Washington Should Think Twice Before Launching a New Cold War: A History Lesson for Our Desperate Moment

By >William D. Hartung, Nick Cleveland-Stout, and Taylor Giorno | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – A growing chorus of pundits and policymakers has suggested that Russia’s […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
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 […]

Human Rights Watch

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

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