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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 […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

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Biden's First Year vs. Trump's First Year:  Are you Friggin' Kidding me with this "Failed Presidency" Idiocy?

Biden’s First Year vs. Trump’s First Year: Are you Friggin’ Kidding me with this “Failed Presidency” Idiocy?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Republican outlets like Politico and Fox and the Wall Street Journal (the latter two echo chambers for reactionary Australian billionaire […]

Juan Cole

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Could Plea deal and Political Ban of former PM Netanyahu Topple the Israeli Government?

Could Plea deal and Political Ban of former PM Netanyahu Topple the Israeli Government?

Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli parties have witnessed successive developments recently, including the likelihood of a political explosion […]

Middle East Monitor

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After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump’s Foreign Policy?

After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump’s Foreign Policy?

( Code Pink) – President Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of President Trump’s foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden […]

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Guantánamo’s Forever Elusive Endgame: Will We "Celebrate" Its 30th Anniversary?

Guantánamo’s Forever Elusive Endgame: Will We “Celebrate” Its 30th Anniversary?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s now more than 20 years later and that American offshore symbol of mistreatment and injustice, the prison at Guantánamo Bay, […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Violating Geneva Convention, Israel Expels Salhiyeh Family and Demolishes their Home in Palestinian E. Jerusalem

Violating Geneva Convention, Israel Expels Salhiyeh Family and Demolishes their Home in Palestinian E. Jerusalem

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that early on Thursday morning, Israeli security forces brought bulldozers to demolish the house […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban Deprive Women of Livelihoods, Identity (HRW)

Afghanistan: Taliban Deprive Women of Livelihoods, Identity (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (New York) – Taliban rule has had a devastating impact on Afghan women and girls, new research shows, Human Rights Watch […]

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Gitmo’s Shameful Twentieth Anniversary

Gitmo’s Shameful Twentieth Anniversary

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The U.S. prison at the Guantánamo Bay naval base reached its shameful 20th anniversary […]

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The Best Battery is Nature's Own:  How Pumped Hydro is the Future of Renewables

The Best Battery is Nature’s Own: How Pumped Hydro is the Future of Renewables

By Andrew Blakers,Bin Lu, and Matthew Stocks | – To cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half within a decade, the Biden administration’s goal, the […]

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160 mn. Fell into Poverty during Pandemic as 10 Wealthiest Men doubled Wealth to $1.5 Trillion (Oxfam)

160 mn. Fell into Poverty during Pandemic as 10 Wealthiest Men doubled Wealth to $1.5 Trillion (Oxfam)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The charitable organization Oxfam reports this week that 160 million people fell into poverty during the past two years of […]

Juan Cole

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