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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank
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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

09/24/2025 By Frida Berrigan

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

09/24/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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Climate change: Joe Biden could ride a wave of international momentum to break deadlock in US

Climate change: Joe Biden could ride a wave of international momentum to break deadlock in US

By Richard Beardsworth and Olaf Corry | – Joe Biden’s presidency is likely to be dominated by “the three Cs”: COVID-19, China and climate change. […]

The Conversation

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Pompeo's touting of "Second Trump Administration" craters State Department's Credibility on Democracy Promotion

Pompeo’s touting of “Second Trump Administration” craters State Department’s Credibility on Democracy Promotion

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood at CNN report that secretary of state Mike Pompeo insisted there would be […]

Juan Cole

Armenia
Did Peace just Break out in the Caucasus or Did Russia Strong-Arm Armenia into its Orbit?

Did Peace just Break out in the Caucasus or Did Russia Strong-Arm Armenia into its Orbit?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – The war in Nagorno-Karbakh is over. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed an agreement […]

Nikola Mikovic

Environment
Uh, oh: Oil field operations likely triggered earthquakes in California a few miles from the San Andreas Fault

Uh, oh: Oil field operations likely triggered earthquakes in California a few miles from the San Andreas Fault

By Thomas H. Goebel | – The way companies drill for oil and gas and dispose of wastewater can trigger earthquakes, at times in unexpected […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
State of Chaos:   Can America Escape Trump’s Hellscape?

State of Chaos: Can America Escape Trump’s Hellscape?

( Tomdispatch.com) – In 2016 as now, he was the candidate of chaos. Yes, he was a billionaire (or wanna-be billionaire or in-hock billionaire, not […]

Tom Engelhardt

Afghanistan
Trump fires Mark "Yesper" Esper as SecDef; Was it over Afghanistan withdrawal?

Trump fires Mark “Yesper” Esper as SecDef; Was it over Afghanistan withdrawal?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Barbara Starr, Ryan Browne and Nicole Gaouette at CNN report on the firing of secretary of defense Mark Esper on […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
Pollsters are Missing Winners, but so Much else

Pollsters are Missing Winners, but so Much else

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Once again Donald J Trump delivered another electoral surprise. It was not the re-election win he had […]

John Buell

al-Qaeda
Heroic Values:  What do radical Islam and militant Christianity have in common? Part II

Heroic Values: What do radical Islam and militant Christianity have in common? Part II

( Christian Courier Canada) – Evangelicals were looking for a protector,” Kristin Du Mez says, to explain their attraction to President Trump in 2016, “an […]

Bert de Vries

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Israel is racing to destroy Palestinian properties while Trump is in office

Israel is racing to destroy Palestinian properties while Trump is in office

By Yousef Alhelou | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Last week, Israeli occupation forces carried out the largest demolition in years in the […]

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