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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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China
How incompetent Boob Trump took down America and launched the Chinese Century

How incompetent Boob Trump took down America and launched the Chinese Century

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The twentieth century was dubbed “the American Century” in 1941 by Time magazine publisher Henry Luce. Luce hoped that Americans […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Biden won 306 to 232; Why 2/3s of Republicans don't believe it

Biden won 306 to 232; Why 2/3s of Republicans don’t believe it

By David M. Mayer | – The electoral votes have confirmed Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election. The presidential electors gave Biden […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
US Government must Ensure Iranians Equitable Access to Covid-19 Vaccines

US Government must Ensure Iranians Equitable Access to Covid-19 Vaccines

( Human Rights Watch) – We, the undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations, call on all stakeholders to ensure people in Iran have swift, unencumbered, […]

Human Rights Watch

China
With US AWOL on Climate Leadership, are EU Members like Holland Turning to China?

With US AWOL on Climate Leadership, are EU Members like Holland Turning to China?

By Charlotte Nijhuis | – ( China Dialogue ) – Both countries have their work cut out to reach emissions-reduction goals, but China is already […]

China Dialogue

Climate Crisis
Whodunnit?:  Hundreds of Thousands of Birds fell out of the Sky in Southwest  and now we Know Why

Whodunnit?: Hundreds of Thousands of Birds fell out of the Sky in Southwest and now we Know Why

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1963 horror film, The Birds, our avian cousins abruptly and for no apparent reason turned hostile […]

Juan Cole

astronomy and outer space
The U.S. Needs COVID Relief and Renewable Energy, Not a Space Force

The U.S. Needs COVID Relief and Renewable Energy, Not a Space Force

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – When President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 21, he will be faced with some very expensive problems, from […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Elections
Israel enters a New Election between the Right and the Far Right

Israel enters a New Election between the Right and the Far Right

By Antoine Shalhat | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is heading towards a fourth general election in less than two years, coinciding […]

Middle East Monitor

European Union
Brexit deal done: what's in it and where next for the UK and EU?

Brexit deal done: what’s in it and where next for the UK and EU?

By Andrew Glencross | – To misquote Shakespeare, our Brexit negotiating revels now are ended. The tempestuous talks did not lead to a dramatic walkout, […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Peril in the Middle East, Peril at Home:  Our Top 10 Stories of 2020

Peril in the Middle East, Peril at Home: Our Top 10 Stories of 2020

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 2020 was a monster of a year, leaving three million Americans dead (a record), probably nearly half a million of […]

Juan Cole

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