Informed Comment

2025 Emergency National Statement to University and College Presidents from Faculty

New England Scholars Speak / Action Network US Scholars: Speak Up for Liberty and Justice NOW Public Domain. Photo by Nataraj Munoli: https://www.pexels.com/photo/statue-of-liberty-66709/ March 2025 […]

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China

Can Trump’s Plan to Target China for its Oil Imports from Iran Succeed?

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Since returning to office in January, US President Donald Trump has reinstated the maximum pressure campaign of his […]

Neil Thompson

Syria

After Assad: Sectarian Violence and the Struggle for Syria’s Future

By Weliam Sejari ( Global Voices ) – The fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8, 2024, marked a pivotal moment in Syria’s […]

Global Voices

Democracy

Trump rages to snuff out Democracy’s Candle: Will we Rage against the Dying of its Light?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Allow me to stipulate that I do not wish to die. In fact, had anyone consulted me about the construction of […]

Rebecca Gordon

Arab World

The Making of the Modern Middle East: Juan Cole on History, Politics, and Today’s Turmoil – Tamooda Interview

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Juan Cole interviewed by Martin Asser at Tamooda : “The Making of the Modern Middle East: Juan Cole on History, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

The Rhetorical Tricks for Normalizing Genocide

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday that, “From now on, negotiations will be conducted under fire.” His words […]

Ramona Wadi

Dissent

Social Movements constrained Trump in his first Term – Much more than People Realize

By Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst (The Conversation) – Donald Trump’s first term as president saw some of the largest mass protests seen in the […]

The Conversation

Featured

America, the Unhappy: Lonely, Suspicious, Gun-ridden, and Stingy, the US Ranks Low for Well-Being

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 2025 “World Happiness Report,” produced by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, powered by Gallup analytics […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

Unenforced ICC Arrest Warrants are just Part of the wider Israel impunity Framework

Unenforced ICC arrest warrants are just part of the wider Zionist impunity framework ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will […]