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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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China
How Trump’s Tariffs are driving Asia and the Gulf into China’s Arms

How Trump’s Tariffs are driving Asia and the Gulf into China’s Arms

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – US President Donald Trump’s America First trade policy has seen the global economy enter a new era of […]

Neil Thompson

Israel
The Goals of Israel’s ongoing Aggression against Syria

The Goals of Israel’s ongoing Aggression against Syria

( Middle East Monitor ) Israel’s aggressive operations against Syria continue by air and on the ground, imposing new realities at a time Syria’s leadership […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
On Peter Beinart, “Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza”

On Peter Beinart, “Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza”

( The Times of Israel) – The author is a renowned journalist, political scientist, and professor of journalism at New York University. He headed The […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Climate Crisis
The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence

The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence

Review of Peter Schwartzstein, The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence (London: Footnote Press, 2024). Munich, Germany (Special to Informed Comment; […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Corporations
How Overpaid CEOs Hurt the Rest of Us

How Overpaid CEOs Hurt the Rest of Us

At Wells Fargo, I saw firsthand how excessive CEO pay harms workers and customers. Congress should use tax policy to rein it in. By Kieran […]

OtherWords

International Court of Justice
Sudan takes UAE to Int’l Court of Justice for Genocide: A Test for Int’l Justice

Sudan takes UAE to Int’l Court of Justice for Genocide: A Test for Int’l Justice

The case comes amid growing global scrutiny of UAE military alliances, including its deepening ties with Israel despite accusations of genocide in Gaza Written byWalid […]

Global Voices

Featured
European CO2 Emissions keep Plummeting, as 47% of Electricity is Green

European CO2 Emissions keep Plummeting, as 47% of Electricity is Green

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 27 countries of the European Union, with a population of about 450 million, produce 3.9 billion metric tons of […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Can the Middle East escape Western Media Hegemony and Thomas Friedman?

Can the Middle East escape Western Media Hegemony and Thomas Friedman?

( Middle East Monitor ) – The website of a certain pan-Arab media organisation seems to be fixated on translating, commenting or briefing its audience […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
Saudi Arabia, Rehabilitated, is Mediator in Ukraine War, and maybe with Iran

Saudi Arabia, Rehabilitated, is Mediator in Ukraine War, and maybe with Iran

By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University (The Conversation) – Saudi Arabia is 2,000 miles from Ukraine and even more politically distant, so at first glance […]

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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