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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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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 […]

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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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Iran Rejects direct talks with Trump despite threat that “There will be Bombing.”

Iran Rejects direct talks with Trump despite threat that “There will be Bombing.”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with his cabinet on Sunday, according to the president’s website, and announced that Trump’s offer […]

Juan Cole

China
China Displaces the U.S. as Global Leader in Research, with 9 of top 10 Institutions

China Displaces the U.S. as Global Leader in Research, with 9 of top 10 Institutions

Nine of the world’s top 10 research institutions are now Chinese. By Imran Khalid ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In the last decade, a […]

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Can Fortress Europe survive Trump, Putin and the new Political Dark Age?

Can Fortress Europe survive Trump, Putin and the new Political Dark Age?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The news of Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest surprised me. It’s not that I doubted the former leader of the Philippines was guilty […]

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Climate Crisis
Your Gasoline Car is an Engine of Trump’s Fascism: Resistance requires going Green

Your Gasoline Car is an Engine of Trump’s Fascism: Resistance requires going Green

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mussolini defined fascism as the “merger of state and corporate power.” But not all corporations are equally complicit. Obviously, our […]

Juan Cole

Iran
With Proxies Weakened, Iran bets on Missiles for Defense

With Proxies Weakened, Iran bets on Missiles for Defense

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL) – Iran says it has numerous underground missile bases across Iran, and sporadically unveils some with a lot of […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israeli Military War Crimes While Occupying Hospitals

Gaza: Israeli Military War Crimes While Occupying Hospitals

Denial of Care, Deadly Forced Evacuations, Destruction of Medical Facilities Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in […]

Human Rights Watch

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Amid Gaza Protests:  – Top 5 Ways Israeli PM Netanyahu kept Hamas in Power

Amid Gaza Protests: – Top 5 Ways Israeli PM Netanyahu kept Hamas in Power

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The London-based, Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily, Al-Sharq al-Awsat [The Middle East], reports that demonstrations against Hamas broke out this week in […]

Juan Cole

Sudan
The Battle for Khartoum: Tracking Sudan’s War over two Years

The Battle for Khartoum: Tracking Sudan’s War over two Years

By Kagure Gacheche, The Conversation (The Conversation) – Sudan has been engulfed in brutal conflict since 15 April 2023, when tensions between the country’s two […]

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Academic Freedom
Condemnation of Columbia U. for Endangering Int’l Studies in U.S. by Caving to Intrusive Gov’t

Condemnation of Columbia U. for Endangering Int’l Studies in U.S. by Caving to Intrusive Gov’t

Middle East Studies Association | American Comparative Literature Association | American Studies Association | Association for Asian Studies | National Women’s Studies Association | – […]

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