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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)
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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)

Juan Cole

Juan Cole Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini: “The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): How To Lose a Country In 100 Days with Josh Gondelman & Juan […]

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

05/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

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To Stop the Rot in American Democracy, Trump must be Indicted for Incitement

To Stop the Rot in American Democracy, Trump must be Indicted for Incitement

By By Mitchell Zimmerman | – ( Otherwords) – GOP senators said Trump was culpable, but he’s a “private citizen” now. Fine — indict him […]

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Ted Cruz vacationing in Cancun while millions freeze is par for the Course for the US Filthy Rich and their G.O.P Lapdogs

Ted Cruz vacationing in Cancun while millions freeze is par for the Course for the US Filthy Rich and their G.O.P Lapdogs

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sen. Ted Cruz abandoning Texas to its fate, with millions suffering without power, to go off on a vacation in […]

Juan Cole

Armenia
In Challenge to U.S., Putin's Eurasian Union seeks to Incorporate Iran

In Challenge to U.S., Putin’s Eurasian Union seeks to Incorporate Iran

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Iran is hoping to join Russia-dominated Eurasian Union by the end of February. The Islamic Republic could also soon […]

Nikola Mikovic

Archaeology
40,000 BC: Earth's magnetic field flipped, causing massive sudden climate change and Extinction of Neanderthals

40,000 BC: Earth’s magnetic field flipped, causing massive sudden climate change and Extinction of Neanderthals

By Chris Fogwill, Alan Hogg, Chris Turney, and Zoë Thomas | – The world experienced a few centuries of apocalyptic conditions 42,000 years ago, triggered […]

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Donald Trump
America’s Sick Metamorphosis: Have we Awoken to find our Country a Trump Roach Hotel?

America’s Sick Metamorphosis: Have we Awoken to find our Country a Trump Roach Hotel?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Like Gregor Samsa, the never-to-be-forgotten character in Franz Kafka’s story “The Metamorphosis,” we awoke on January 7th to discover that we, too, […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Biden's Saudi Game of Thrones: Is he trying to Sideline crown prince Bin Salman?

Biden’s Saudi Game of Thrones: Is he trying to Sideline crown prince Bin Salman?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – BBC Arabic reports that Saudi Twitter has gone wild with responses to the apparent sidelining by President Biden of Saudi […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As Israel aims for 1 mn. Squatters on Palestinian Territory, Settler Violence against Indigenous Palestinians Spikes

As Israel aims for 1 mn. Squatters on Palestinian Territory, Settler Violence against Indigenous Palestinians Spikes

By Osama Othman | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Terrorist attacks by Israeli settlers have become more frequent in the occupied West Bank. One […]

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US Foreign Policy
'An Obstructive Body' and 'menace to liberties': How the U.S. Senate is a Global Problem

‘An Obstructive Body’ and ‘menace to liberties’: How the U.S. Senate is a Global Problem

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The acquittal of Trump was bad, but the Senate’s approach to foreign affairs over the years has been even […]

John Feffer

India
Nonviolent Noncooperation: Why Indian farmers' protests are being called a 'satyagraha' – which means 'embracing the truth'

Nonviolent Noncooperation: Why Indian farmers’ protests are being called a ‘satyagraha’ – which means ’embracing the truth’

By Sumit Ganguly | – For the past few months, farmers protesting in India’s capital, New Delhi, have been demanding the repeal of three farm […]

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