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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Saudi feminist Loujain Alhathloul Sues UAE Hackers DarkMatter, Run by US Expats, For Spying on Her

Saudi feminist Loujain Alhathloul Sues UAE Hackers DarkMatter, Run by US Expats, For Spying on Her

( Electronic Frontier Foundation) – Portland, Oregon—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit today on behalf of prominent Saudi human rights activist Loujain AlHathloul […]

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Libya
Libya 10 Years after Gaddafi:  Anger, Protests over Delay to Much-Awaited Presidential Vote and Political Gridlock

Libya 10 Years after Gaddafi: Anger, Protests over Delay to Much-Awaited Presidential Vote and Political Gridlock

By Dahlia Kholaif | – (Globalvoices.org) – Protesters in the eastern city of Tobruk demand that elections be held no later than January 24, and […]

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Afghanistan
From Palestine to Afghanistan, Top 6 Ways our World Changed in 2021

From Palestine to Afghanistan, Top 6 Ways our World Changed in 2021

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is time to look back at 2021 and consider the most consequential developments, as covered here at Informed Comment. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How Tutu, de Klerk, and Mandela would end Israeli Apartheid

How Tutu, de Klerk, and Mandela would end Israeli Apartheid

( Mondoweiss) – What does the end of South African apartheid tell us about how Israeli apartheid can end? That sanctions on Israel are required, […]

Jeff Warner

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Army loses control of Squatter-Settlers who are attacking Palestinians ever more Brutally

Israeli Army loses control of Squatter-Settlers who are attacking Palestinians ever more Brutally

Adnan Abu Amer | – ( The Middle East Monitor) – The attacks carried out by the Israeli settlers against the Palestinians in the West […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Iran, China and Russia face Dilemma of Taliban Control of Afghanistan

Iran, China and Russia face Dilemma of Taliban Control of Afghanistan

By Ron Synovitz | – ( RFE/RL ) – The chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and the lightning collapse of the […]

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Juan Cole on his new Book “Peace Movements in Islam” (Simon Mabon’s Podcast)

Juan Cole on his new Book “Peace Movements in Islam” (Simon Mabon’s Podcast)

Many thanks to Simon Mabon, Professor of International Politics at Lancaster University and prominent Middle East specialist, for hosting me on his Sepad Podcast to […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
When Lawyers spin Lies for Presidents on behalf of Torture and Insurrection

When Lawyers spin Lies for Presidents on behalf of Torture and Insurrection

By Jerry Elsea | – ( The Gazette ) – I like attorneys. Some of my best friends are attorneys. I love an attorney who […]

Jerry Elsea

Israel/ Palestine
Protesting latest Israeli attacks on Palestinian universities and civil society organizations (MESA)

Protesting latest Israeli attacks on Palestinian universities and civil society organizations (MESA)

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | December 23, 2021 Committee on Academic Freedom Interventions Israel Birzeit University Naftali Bennet Palestinian civil […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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