2024 was the hottest year on record in the Middle East, around 1º Celsius (1.8º F.) hotter than the average for 1990-2020
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How Global Power Shifts are Playing out in the Red Sea Region of the Mideast
The Red Sea borders some of the world’s most volatile regions: the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the the Indo-Pacific area
Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist
Trump and his MAGA followers are hardly going to forsake their standard mix of bigotry, anti-immigrant mania and other political toxins
MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini
Dr. Abedini was detained on November 22 by ICE before boarding a flight to attend the MESA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline
These days Donald Trump’s Washington abounds with monuments to overblown imperial grandeur and plans for more
The Ecocide of Gaza
Well before October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip had progressively been isolated from the West Bank and the outside world overall
“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25
How long will sages debate if this world is eternal or created? / Once I have left it, why should I care, either way?
In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom
I have been in higher education as a student or professor for over five decades, and I have never seen things as bad as they are now.
Why Palestinian Statehood is a Prerequisite for Arab-Israeli Peace and Expansion of Abraham Accords
The Saudi leader’s plan to normalise with Israel comes with a price. He wants to see a “clear path [towards a] two-state solution”
The Hot Tub of Death? Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat
As it turns out the high-tech sector that has produced so many billionaires isn’t pro-environment; instead simply pro-billionaire
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