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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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Australasia
North America needs to invest in Green Energy in Indo-Pacific or Risk losing key Industry to China

North America needs to invest in Green Energy in Indo-Pacific or Risk losing key Industry to China

By Jonas Goldman | – The Indo-Pacific region, which includes 24 nations and stretches from Australia to Japan and from India to the U.S. west […]

The Conversation

Democracy
In the Middle East, the US was Never about Democracy Promotion

In the Middle East, the US was Never about Democracy Promotion

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – How much of the blame should U.S. policy take for the decline of democracy in the twenty-first century, with the […]

Juan Cole

Corporate Surveillance
How Israel's Tech for Cyber Surveillance of Palestinians is now Targeting You

How Israel’s Tech for Cyber Surveillance of Palestinians is now Targeting You

( Middle East Monitor) – The revelation a few years ago that the US National Security Agency (NSA) had been conducting mass surveillance on millions […]

Ramzy Baroud

Batteries
Soon Electric Cars will Power millions of Homes -- Here's how to make it Happen

Soon Electric Cars will Power millions of Homes — Here’s how to make it Happen

By Tom Stacey and Ying Xie | – Electric cars could help to power millions of households in the coming years, simply by harnessing their […]

The Conversation

Militarization
The Pentagon as Penta-god: America’s Abyss of Weapons and Warmaking

The Pentagon as Penta-god: America’s Abyss of Weapons and Warmaking

( Tomdispatch.com) – Who is America’s god? The Christian god of the beatitudes, the one who healed the sick, helped the poor, and preached love […]

William J. Astore

China
As Biden and Xi Zoom, the Iran issue Looms

As Biden and Xi Zoom, the Iran issue Looms

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden and his counterpart Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for half an hour on Monday by video, as […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency: This Southwestern US City has had to Create an Office of Heat Response and Mitigation

Climate Emergency: This Southwestern US City has had to Create an Office of Heat Response and Mitigation

By Shane Purcell | – ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – David Hondula recently got a job he never dreamed of – maybe because it […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Islam
Muslim Generosity and the Obligation of Zakat

Muslim Generosity and the Obligation of Zakat

By Iqbal Akhtar | – Muslims see wealth as a gift and a divine dispensation. The Quran urges individuals to share their wealth and income […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
How the US lost in Afghanistan (Juan Cole Interview with Michigan Online Teach-out)

How the US lost in Afghanistan (Juan Cole Interview with Michigan Online Teach-out)

Interview by the University of Michigan Online‘s Jenni Patterson | – “Following the removal of American troops from Afghanistan, there has been a surge of […]

Juan Cole

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