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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity
Arab World

Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When Israel launched an attack on Doha in September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders convened an emergency summit. […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

10/03/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Bet on institution building, not Manchin

Bet on institution building, not Manchin

By Katey Lauer | – This story was first published by The Forge. (Waging Nonviolence ) – Last year, I wrote an article in The […]

Waging Nonviolence

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
What responsibility do Western troops fighting ISIL have for the Children that Terrorists use as Human Shields?

What responsibility do Western troops fighting ISIL have for the Children that Terrorists use as Human Shields?

By Beth Morrison and Shannon Zimmerman | – Islamic State recently staged their most sophisticated attack since 2019 – a prison break to release former […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
From War on Terror to War on Climate Change:  US Army to seek Green Electricity by 2030

From War on Terror to War on Climate Change: US Army to seek Green Electricity by 2030

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US military has been worried deeply for over a decade about the impact of the climate emergency on its […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The Terrifying World of 2025:  The Coming MAGA Cultural Revolution?

The Terrifying World of 2025: The Coming MAGA Cultural Revolution?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I’ve just wrapped up my shift at BurgerBoy and I don’t have much time before the weekly self-criticism session at town […]

John Feffer

Apartheid
US Gov't depends on Amnesty Int'l for Human Rights Reports, but Rejects Finding of Israeli Apartheid

US Gov’t depends on Amnesty Int’l for Human Rights Reports, but Rejects Finding of Israeli Apartheid

( Otherwords.org ) – One day last spring, Palestinians in Israel and the occupied West Bank declared a general strike to protest years of repression […]

Phyllis Bennis

Climate Crisis
The Rich produce the most Heat-Trapping CO2, but Heat Waves hit the Poorest Hardest

The Rich produce the most Heat-Trapping CO2, but Heat Waves hit the Poorest Hardest

By Mojtaba Sadegh, John Abatzoglou, and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh | – Spend time in a developing country during a heat wave and it quickly becomes […]

The Conversation

Featured
Iraq Pays off $52.4 bn. in Reparations for Invading Kuwait in 1990, but the US will Never Pay a Dime for Invading Iraq

Iraq Pays off $52.4 bn. in Reparations for Invading Kuwait in 1990, but the US will Never Pay a Dime for Invading Iraq

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Stephanie Nebehay at Reuters reports that Iraq has finally paid off the $52.4 billion in war reparations imposed on it […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Why isn't US Media Screaming that the Republican Party Is Now Openly Against Democracy?

Why isn’t US Media Screaming that the Republican Party Is Now Openly Against Democracy?

( Otherwords.org ) – If you’re the sort of person who follows the news, you’ve probably heard a good bit lately about podcaster Joe Rogan, […]

Peter Certo

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians under Israeli Occupation face urgent healthcare Crisis in Gaza

Palestinians under Israeli Occupation face urgent healthcare Crisis in Gaza

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Eleven-year-old Amal Lubbad was deep in thought when I met her in what has […]

Middle East Monitor

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