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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 […]

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Juan Cole

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

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What Israel is doing to Palestine just as Bad as what Russia is doing to Ukraine, but US doesn't Care

What Israel is doing to Palestine just as Bad as what Russia is doing to Ukraine, but US doesn’t Care

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US government has been accused of hyping the crisis between the Russian Federation and the Ukraine, where some 120,000 […]

Juan Cole

European Union
How to Avoid War:  Why it is time for a Neutral, Demilitarized Eastern Europe

How to Avoid War: Why it is time for a Neutral, Demilitarized Eastern Europe

Tiffin, Oh. (Special to Informed Comment) – Europe has been a flash point for war among both great and small powers for centuries. Conflicts beginning […]

Arnold Oliver

Authoritarianism
The Disloyalty to the United States of Trump and the Republican National Committee

The Disloyalty to the United States of Trump and the Republican National Committee

Berkeley, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – On February 4, the Republican National Committee voted to censure two party members. The charge was that investigating […]

Scott Corey

Education
Crisis in the Schools:  A Return to a Normal That Was Never Good Enough

Crisis in the Schools: A Return to a Normal That Was Never Good Enough

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It feels odd to admit this, but I miss the stillness of the first few disorienting and terrifying weeks of the […]

Belle Chesler

Climate Crisis
Egypt announces Plan to Get 42% of Electricity from Renewables, become Solar Energy Hub for Europe via Greece

Egypt announces Plan to Get 42% of Electricity from Renewables, become Solar Energy Hub for Europe via Greece

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ghada El-Gendy, the Executive Director of the Arab Renewable Energy Company, said Friday that Egypt has plans to increase the […]

Juan Cole

Germany
German State Plans Hundreds of Artificial Energy Islands to Deploy North Sea Wind

German State Plans Hundreds of Artificial Energy Islands to Deploy North Sea Wind

By Jessica Bateman | – The northernmost German state of Schleswig-Holstein has announced it wants to help push forward the energy transition by building artificial […]

Clean Energy Wire

Natural Gas
How Russia hooked Europe on its oil and gas – and overcame US efforts to prevent energy dependence on Moscow

How Russia hooked Europe on its oil and gas – and overcame US efforts to prevent energy dependence on Moscow

By Ryan Haddad | – The Biden administration hopes its threat of “severe economic consequences” deters Russia from invading Ukraine – an event Americans officials […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Biden Seeks to Seize Afghanistan’s Assets

Biden Seeks to Seize Afghanistan’s Assets

By John Sifton | Asia Advocacy Director | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – The Biden administration has decided to recommend directing $3.5 billion […]

Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan
US Sanctions on Afghanistan are Complicit in Mass Hunger, even as Biden withholds $3.5 bn in Afghan Money

US Sanctions on Afghanistan are Complicit in Mass Hunger, even as Biden withholds $3.5 bn in Afghan Money

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Kevin Liptak and Natasha Bertrand report at CNN that the Biden administration has decided to split the $7 billion in […]

Juan Cole

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