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

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

09/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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The Night Biden became President: Pledges Crippling Sanctions on Russia, bans Flights, for Ukraine Aggression

The Night Biden became President: Pledges Crippling Sanctions on Russia, bans Flights, for Ukraine Aggression

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Foreign policy abruptly hijacked President Biden’s State of the Union Address Tuesday night, making the occasion less partisan that it […]

Juan Cole

Joe Biden
Turkey will Block Certain Russian Warships from Bosphorus, but still Seeks Neutrality on Ukraine War

Turkey will Block Certain Russian Warships from Bosphorus, but still Seeks Neutrality on Ukraine War

By Lamiya Adilgizi | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – Over the last week, nations and corporations all over the world have announced extensive economic and […]

Global Voices

Germany
Could the G7 Wealthy Countries Really Boycott Russian Petroleum?

Could the G7 Wealthy Countries Really Boycott Russian Petroleum?

By Amy Myers Jaffe | – One option the U.S. and other nations have for ratcheting up pressure on Russia in response to its invasion […]

The Conversation

Joe Biden
What advice would JFK have for President Biden about Putin and Ukraine?

What advice would JFK have for President Biden about Putin and Ukraine?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Dear Mr. President: I send greetings from the other side — and no, I don’t mean the other side of the […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Agriculture
UN Climate Panel: 50% of Species have fled toward Poles, as Extinctions and Food and Water Shortages Burgeon

UN Climate Panel: 50% of Species have fled toward Poles, as Extinctions and Food and Water Shortages Burgeon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its 2022 report and the scientists have bad news for us. […]

Juan Cole

Holocaust
Putin's "Nazi" pretext for his Brutal Invasion of Ukraine Insults the Memory of Holocaust Victims

Putin’s “Nazi” pretext for his Brutal Invasion of Ukraine Insults the Memory of Holocaust Victims

“No monument stands over Babi Yar . . .,” so begins a tragic poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko; “only a step cliff like the rudest headstone […]

H. Scott Prosterman

NATO
Ordinary Russians are already feeling the economic pain of sanctions over Ukraine invasion

Ordinary Russians are already feeling the economic pain of sanctions over Ukraine invasion

By Peter Rutland | – The daily life of ordinary Russians – not just the country’s political elite or super rich oligarchs – is already […]

The Conversation

Israel Lobbies
U of Washington should not have Cancelled Israel Studies over Professor’s Criticism of Israel (MESA)

U of Washington should not have Cancelled Israel Studies over Professor’s Criticism of Israel (MESA)

Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association Letter to the President of the University of Washington Ana Mari Cauce President, University of Washington Dear […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Americans Shocked to See Ukrainians treated Like Iraqis even though they are White (Not the Onion)

Americans Shocked to See Ukrainians treated Like Iraqis even though they are White (Not the Onion)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some European and American commentators on Russia’s war against Ukraine have covered themselves in shame by implying that because Ukrainians […]

Juan Cole

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