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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Counter-Terrorism
The Pentagon We Don’t Think About: A New Perspective on the Department of Homeland Security

The Pentagon We Don’t Think About: A New Perspective on the Department of Homeland Security

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – A relative of mine, who works for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) compiling data on […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency Parable: Mammoth Iceberg that broke free from Antarctica Dumps 168 billion tons of Water in South Atlantic

Climate Emergency Parable: Mammoth Iceberg that broke free from Antarctica Dumps 168 billion tons of Water in South Atlantic

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Anne Braakmann-Folgmann et al. in an article for Remote Sensing of the Environment observed by satellite the now-disintegrated Iceberg A68A […]

Juan Cole

Banking
Uproar In Turkey over Gov't Prioritizing a Name change for the Country over Sinking Economy  #helloTürkiye

Uproar In Turkey over Gov’t Prioritizing a Name change for the Country over Sinking Economy #helloTürkiye

( Globalvoices.org ) – Turkey’s Communications Directorate launched a new campaign #helloTürkiye on January 14, in an attempt to “raise global awareness about using the […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Afghanistan
Afghan Women’s Rights Activists Forcibly Disappeared (HRW)

Afghan Women’s Rights Activists Forcibly Disappeared (HRW)

By Patricia Gossman | Associate Asia Director | ( Human Rights Watch ) – The Taliban’s response to the apparent enforced disappearance of Tamana Paryani, […]

Human Rights Watch

Elections
Why Elections will not solve Libya’s deep-rooted Problems

Why Elections will not solve Libya’s deep-rooted Problems

By Natasha Lindstaedt | – Libya is poised to hold presidential and parliamentary elections this year but there are still many unresolved issues. Ongoing political […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Europe is dependent on Russian Gas during Ukraine Crisis because it didn't Ramp up Renewables Faster

Europe is dependent on Russian Gas during Ukraine Crisis because it didn’t Ramp up Renewables Faster

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The growing conflict between the United States and the Russian Federation over the Ukraine has taken an increasingly dark turn, […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Two Sides, Same Coin: Suppressing Votes, Cutting Rich People’s Taxes

Two Sides, Same Coin: Suppressing Votes, Cutting Rich People’s Taxes

( Inequality.org) – America’s national media typically pay little attention to the moves the nation’s state lawmakers make. Not this year. State legislative battles have […]

Sam Pizzigati

Climate Crisis
The Climate Emergency is Already Here: Deaths in Heat Waves are Increasing even in the Cool North

The Climate Emergency is Already Here: Deaths in Heat Waves are Increasing even in the Cool North

By Chloe Brimicombe | – When you take age out of the equation, temperature-related deaths are on the decline in England and Wales. That’s according […]

The Conversation

Pentagon
Did our Lost Imperial Wars turn America into our present Trumpian Dystopia?

Did our Lost Imperial Wars turn America into our present Trumpian Dystopia?

( Tomdispatch.com) – In the long and storied history of the United States Army, many young officers have served in many war zones. Few, I […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

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