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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
China

Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half of 2025, consumers in that country bought 10,891,000 passenger vehicles. But […]

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

08/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

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Israel/ Palestine
Does Israel want to end its forever wars in Gaza?

Does Israel want to end its forever wars in Gaza?

Daud Abdullah | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Israel is finally waking up to the stark reality that it can no longer continue with […]

Middle East Monitor

Christianity
Critical race theory is an important tool in better understanding how religion operates in America

Critical race theory is an important tool in better understanding how religion operates in America

By Tiffany Puett | – ( The Conversation) – The debate over critical race theory has played out in TV studios, school board meetings and […]

The Conversation

China
“We are on the way to a right-wing coup:"  Milley secured Nuclear Codes, Allayed China fears of Trump Strike

“We are on the way to a right-wing coup:” Milley secured Nuclear Codes, Allayed China fears of Trump Strike

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As a historian, I am fascinated by the practical appeals to history that appear throughout the story of Gen. Mark […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Wars of Unintended Consequences

Afghanistan and Wars of Unintended Consequences

( Tomdispatch.com)- Disagreements over how to assess the American exodus from Afghanistan have kept the pundits busy these last weeks, even though there wasn’t much […]

Rajan Menon

Afghanistan
What does the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for Israel?

What does the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for Israel?

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Israelis are concerned about the shameful American withdrawal from Afghanistan and think that their […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Western fires are burning higher in the mountains and at unprecedented rates as we heat the climate

Western fires are burning higher in the mountains and at unprecedented rates as we heat the climate

By Mojtaba Sadegh, John Abatzoglou and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh | – The Western U.S. is experiencing another severe fire season, and a recent study shows […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Afghanistan and 9/11: Finished or Unfinished Business? MIT Starr Forum with B. Posen, Juan Cole, V. Felbab-Brown, C. Saivetz (Video)

Afghanistan and 9/11: Finished or Unfinished Business? MIT Starr Forum with B. Posen, Juan Cole, V. Felbab-Brown, C. Saivetz (Video)

MIT Center for International Studies: “Starr Forum: US, Afghanistan, 9/11: Finished or Unfinished Business?” Chair: Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science, MIT. He […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
As Banks threaten to Collapse and Aid Dwindles, 93% of Afghans already don't get Sufficient Food

As Banks threaten to Collapse and Aid Dwindles, 93% of Afghans already don’t get Sufficient Food

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UN World Food Program surveys in August and September, Al Jazeera reports, found that 93 percent of Afghans already are […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Why the Hazara Minority of Afghanistan is now Imperiled

Why the Hazara Minority of Afghanistan is now Imperiled

By Iqbal Akhtar | – The land we now call Afghanistan has been a place of constant migration through its mountainous passes. Its linguistic, cultural […]

The Conversation

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