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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

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Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse; and they're showing the world how to do it

Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse; and they’re showing the world how to do it

By Michael McGreevy and Fran Baum | – Less than two decades ago, South Australia generated all its electricity from fossil fuels. Last year, renewables […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
German Scientists: Without Drastic Climate Action, World could be headed to Dangerous 7.2° F. extra Heating

German Scientists: Without Drastic Climate Action, World could be headed to Dangerous 7.2° F. extra Heating

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Current emissions reduction efforts around the world are insufficient to limit global warming to […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

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Celebrating our Declaration of Independence from Covid with Poetry of Omar Khayyam

Celebrating our Declaration of Independence from Covid with Poetry of Omar Khayyam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden on Thursday expressed the expectation that the vaccination of the US population will have proceeded to the extent […]

Juan Cole

Green Energy
Defeating Climate Denialism by showing People how they will Win by Greening Society

Defeating Climate Denialism by showing People how they will Win by Greening Society

By Sarah Sharma and Matthew Hoffmann | – Canada and the United States are suddenly steeped in policy proposals to aggressively cut carbon emissions. In […]

The Conversation

Drones
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

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