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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Not Targeted or Bloodless: Why We Need an International Convention on Drones

Not Targeted or Bloodless: Why We Need an International Convention on Drones

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In the aftermath of the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, drone warfare is being […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Joe Biden
Ten Problems With Biden’s Foreign Policy – and One Solution

Ten Problems With Biden’s Foreign Policy – and One Solution

( Code Pink ) – The Biden presidency is still in its early days, but it’s not too early to point to areas in the […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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Israel has Detained 13,000 Palestinian Children since 2000 and just took 5 more

Israel has Detained 13,000 Palestinian Children since 2000 and just took 5 more

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since the year 2000, the Israeli military in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank has “detained, interrogated, prosecuted, and imprisoned approximately […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Biden is Reemphasizing Human Rights in Foreign Policy, Except for Palestinians

Biden is Reemphasizing Human Rights in Foreign Policy, Except for Palestinians

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is reportedly concerned that US President Joe Biden will prioritise human rights over traditional allegiances in the Middle […]

Ramona Wadi

Joe Biden
Has the DC Foreign Policy Blob swallowed Joe Biden? We don’t need to be the World’s Policeman

Has the DC Foreign Policy Blob swallowed Joe Biden? We don’t need to be the World’s Policeman

( Tomdispatch.com ) – You may have noticed: the Blob is back. Beneath a veneer of gender and racial diversity, the Biden national security team […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Democracy
Why Tunisians are still out on the streets -- a decade after the Arab Spring

Why Tunisians are still out on the streets — a decade after the Arab Spring

By Saerom Han, Andrea Teti, and Pamela Abbott | – It has been 10 years since nation-wide protests in Tunisia led to the ousting of […]

The Conversation

Bernie Sanders
At Last, the End of Austerity:  Joe Biden's Really, Really Big Covid Stimulus aims to Jumpstart America

At Last, the End of Austerity: Joe Biden’s Really, Really Big Covid Stimulus aims to Jumpstart America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Joe Biden has redeemed the sins of the Obama administration, which did not enact a big enough stimulus truly to […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Biden wants the US Carbon Neutral by 2050, but Can he Paint the Whole World Green?

Biden wants the US Carbon Neutral by 2050, but Can he Paint the Whole World Green?

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Once upon a time, a rich hypochondriac was complaining about pains in his head and stomach. He consulted a […]

John Feffer

China
City of lost mosques: how Suzhou tells the story of China’s Islamic past

City of lost mosques: how Suzhou tells the story of China’s Islamic past

By Alessandra Cappelletti | – The labyrinth of alleys and lanes in the old city of Suzhou hides a secret: historical fragments of the long […]

The Conversation

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