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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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China
What electric vehicle manufacturers can learn from China – their biggest market

What electric vehicle manufacturers can learn from China – their biggest market

By Youlin Huang, David Tyfield, Didier Soopramanien, and Lixian Qian | – Despite the pandemic, global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) increased by 43% in […]

The Conversation

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Trump's Tehran Poison Pill: US Trade Embargo provokes Iranian Attacks in Gulf, Making Return to Nuclear Deal Harder

Trump’s Tehran Poison Pill: US Trade Embargo provokes Iranian Attacks in Gulf, Making Return to Nuclear Deal Harder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The BBC reports that a bitumen tanker, the MV Asphalt Princess, was boarded by nine men on Tuesday and hijacked. […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Lebanon: one year after Beirut explosion, failing state struggles amid poverty and sectarianism

Lebanon: one year after Beirut explosion, failing state struggles amid poverty and sectarianism

By John Nagle | – ( The Conversation) – Twelve months on from the disastrous port explosion which killed more than 200 people, injured thousands […]

The Conversation

Mental Health
Moral Injury and Forever Wars: The after-action Military Suicides Americans don’t Want to Hear About

Moral Injury and Forever Wars: The after-action Military Suicides Americans don’t Want to Hear About

By Kelly Denton-Borhaug | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – This summer, it seemed as if we Americans couldn’t wait to return to our traditional July 4th […]

Tomdispatch

Authoritarianism
1/6 Committee: Can a Pinochet-Style Chilean Dictatorship be Forestalled in the United States?

1/6 Committee: Can a Pinochet-Style Chilean Dictatorship be Forestalled in the United States?

( Otherwords.org) – If you believe violence instead of voting is justified, I implore you to at least consider the alternative viewpoint. By Jill Richardson […]

Jill Richardson

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Living in the Dark: Palestinians in Gaza, besieged by Israel and deprived of Electricity, Can’t even Refrigerate their Food

Living in the Dark: Palestinians in Gaza, besieged by Israel and deprived of Electricity, Can’t even Refrigerate their Food

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has released a detailed study of life for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency hits Mideast as Massive Wildfires In Turkey destroy livelihoods

Climate Emergency hits Mideast as Massive Wildfires In Turkey destroy livelihoods

By Doga Celik and Arzu Geybullayeva | – ( GlobalVoices.org) – Since July 28, a total of 125 forest fires have raged through 21 provinces […]

Global Voices

Debt
Only $3 Bn. of Federal $46 Bn rental assistance dollars reach renters, as eviction moratorium ends

Only $3 Bn. of Federal $46 Bn rental assistance dollars reach renters, as eviction moratorium ends

By Brooke Newman | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – The federal government’s COVID-19 moratorium on renter evictions ended Saturday, leaving thousands of Arizona […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Climate Crisis
Top Four ways extreme heat hurts the economy

Top Four ways extreme heat hurts the economy

By Derek Lemoine | – Summer 2021 will likely be one of the hottest on record as dozens of cities in the West experience all-time […]

The Conversation

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