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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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Taliban “Islam” versus the Islam of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’an

Taliban “Islam” versus the Islam of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’an

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – British academic Abdul-Azim Ahmed of Cardiff University, an expert on mosques in the UK, complained on Twitter that he was […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Don’t use girls as justification for bombing Afghanistan, again

Don’t use girls as justification for bombing Afghanistan, again

Dear British feminists, Western military intervention is never a good thing

Open Democracy

Afghanistan
Afghanistan only the latest US war to be driven by deceit and delusion

Afghanistan only the latest US war to be driven by deceit and delusion

By Gordon Adams | – In Afghanistan, American hubris – the United States’ capacity for self-delusion and official lying – has struck once again, as […]

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Debt and Disillusionment: Neoliberalism’s Unfair burden on this Generation of College Students

Debt and Disillusionment: Neoliberalism’s Unfair burden on this Generation of College Students

( Tomdispatch.com ) – For the last decade and a half, I’ve been teaching ethics to undergraduates. Now — admittedly, a little late to the […]

Rebecca Gordon

Afghanistan
The Biden Doctrine and Afghanistan: Lean Counter-Terrorism and the end of Bloated Nation-Building

The Biden Doctrine and Afghanistan: Lean Counter-Terrorism and the end of Bloated Nation-Building

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden came out swinging on Monday in defense of his decision to get out of Afghanistan. The rapidity […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Who's Who In The Taliban: The Men Who Run The Extremist Group And How They Operate

Who’s Who In The Taliban: The Men Who Run The Extremist Group And How They Operate

By Ron Synovitz | – This piece from August 6, 2021, before they took over Afghanistan, is a very useful overview of Taliban leadership and […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: At-Risk Civilians Need Evacuation, Protection:  Governments Should Suspend Deportations, Forced Returns

Afghanistan: At-Risk Civilians Need Evacuation, Protection: Governments Should Suspend Deportations, Forced Returns

Human Rights Watch) – (New York) – Afghans at heightened risk of persecution from advancing Taliban forces are in urgent need of evacuation and international […]

Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan
As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?

As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?

By Tony Walker |- In the 19th century, the phrase “The Great Game” was used to describe competition for power and influence in Afghanistan, and […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Top 6 International Winners and Losers from Taliban Reassertion in Afghanistan

Top 6 International Winners and Losers from Taliban Reassertion in Afghanistan

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the establishment of a Taliban government in the entirety of Afghanistan has […]

Juan Cole

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