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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

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 […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Afghanistan
Juan Cole Explains How The #Taliban Returned To Power In #Afghanistan So Quickly (David Feldman Video)

Juan Cole Explains How The #Taliban Returned To Power In #Afghanistan So Quickly (David Feldman Video)

Professor Juan Cole explains the rise of the Taliban and the rapid fall of the American supported Afghanistan government in this conversation with Professor Adnan […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Endless Shadow of the War on Terror: Living With It Forever and a Day

The Endless Shadow of the War on Terror: Living With It Forever and a Day

( Tomdispatch.com) – It ended in chaos and disaster. Kabul has fallen and Joe Biden is being blamed (by congressional Republicans in particular) for America’s […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Afghanistan
Top 6 Ways Trump forced Abrupt US Departure from Afghanistan; and that Time Trump said Taliban would take over War on Terror

Top 6 Ways Trump forced Abrupt US Departure from Afghanistan; and that Time Trump said Taliban would take over War on Terror

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 1. in December, 2018, Trump ordered that half of the then 14,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan be brought out. The […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
The Republican Big Lie about 2020 is Old News, but the Stakes are Still High

The Republican Big Lie about 2020 is Old News, but the Stakes are Still High

( Otherwords.org ) – Unless we debunk the lies about 2020, the next election may be a lot less fair. By Jill Richardson | August […]

Jill Richardson

Afghanistan
An Afghan American scholar describes his fear-filled journey from the chaos at Kabul airport to a plane bound for home in the US

An Afghan American scholar describes his fear-filled journey from the chaos at Kabul airport to a plane bound for home in the US

By Hanif Sufizada | – Editor’s note: Afghan scholar Hanif Sufizada, who works at the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Why Palestinian children under Israeli occupation do not Enjoy a Safe and Secure Life

Why Palestinian children under Israeli occupation do not Enjoy a Safe and Secure Life

By Motasem A Dalloul | – More than 1.2 million Palestinian children in the occupied territories returned to their schools for the new academic year […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Biden: After Trump-Taliban Treaty, Draw-down, Staying in Afghanistan would have Required a New War

Biden: After Trump-Taliban Treaty, Draw-down, Staying in Afghanistan would have Required a New War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden on Friday gave some further insight into his decision to leave Afghanistan, and refuted some of his […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Why Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan

Why Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan

Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of our four decades of intervention

Peter Certo

Afghanistan
Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender

Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender

By Todd Lehmann | – The swift collapse of the Afghan military in recent days caught many in the U.S. by surprise, including the chairman […]

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