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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France, the United Kingdom and Germany (the “E3”) on Thursday sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council asking […]

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

08/29/2025 By The Conversation

From Guernica to Gaza:  The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

08/29/2025 By Norman Solomon

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Israel/ Palestine
Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

By Amin Saikal, The University of Western Australia (The Conversation) – Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said recently the Israeli cabinet has “lost its reason […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I spent the summer of 1965 arguing about the Vietnam War. I was 13, and my interlocutor was my 18-year-old camp […]

Rebecca Gordon

Corporations
Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts

Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to Medicare Advantage,“beware of health insurance companies bearing gifts”, just like “beware of Greeks […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Arab League
Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

The United States must move beyond rhetoric about Hamas’s “bad faith” and offer incentives—such as aid packages or sanctions relief—to bolster moderate Palestinian voices. By […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Israel/ Palestine
‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent

‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent

By Clare Corbould, Deakin University (The Conversation) – Omar El Akkad does not want you to look away. An award-winning journalist and novelist, El Akkad […]

The Conversation

Academic Freedom
California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Omar Khayyam
Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

The fourth quatrain in Edward FitzGerald’s 1859 first edition of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is: IV Now the New Year is reviving old Desires, […]

Juan Cole

Genocide
The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

Q&A with Dr Steinbock on The Obliteration Doctrine: Part 2 DG Team                   ( Difference Group ) – The second part of Dr Steinbock’s highly topical […]

Dan Steinbock

Donald Trump
“I Have a Nightmare:” How Trump Is Spitting on the Grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

“I Have a Nightmare:” How Trump Is Spitting on the Grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On January 20th, Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office with — at least in his mind — an aura of […]

Clarence Lusane

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