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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Afghanistan
Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years

Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years

By Neta C. Crawford | – The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Did President Biden privately demand far Right Israeli PM Bennett stop expulsion of E Jerusalem Palestinians?

Did President Biden privately demand far Right Israeli PM Bennett stop expulsion of E Jerusalem Palestinians?

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor) – According to Israel’s Channel 12 TV channel, in the middle of last month Prime […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Biden: Afghanistan Withdrawal is "about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries"

Biden: Afghanistan Withdrawal is “about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the end of the war in Afghanistan. I saw the Neoconservative Bill Kristol on […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Out of Afghanistan: Joe Biden and the future of America’s foreign policy

Out of Afghanistan: Joe Biden and the future of America’s foreign policy

By Andrew Mumford | – As the last US forces leave Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s decision to press ahead with the American withdrawal has prompted […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
What a truly Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan would Look Like

What a truly Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan would Look Like

By Eli S. McCarthy | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – As we reflect on what has transpired in Afghanistan with the Taliban returning to […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
So Long, Afghanistan War: Top 6 Things we Won't miss about our Longest Military Engagement

So Long, Afghanistan War: Top 6 Things we Won’t miss about our Longest Military Engagement

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tom Bowman and Audie Cornish at NPR report that all U.S. troops are out of Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war. […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Republican Party's flirtation with Fascism is becoming a Marriage

The Republican Party’s flirtation with Fascism is becoming a Marriage

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Republicans love to hijack democratic and progressive concepts, such as “free speech,” and apply them in a hyperbolic […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Afghanistan
Afghanistan should be Last U.S. War of Empire, Corruption and Poverty

Afghanistan should be Last U.S. War of Empire, Corruption and Poverty

( Code Pink) – Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban’s return to power in […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Afghanistan
The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy

The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy

By Margaret Hu | In the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the ouster of the Afghan national government, alarming reports indicate that […]

The Conversation

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