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Even as it Strikes Deals with Trump, the Gulf Embraces Chinese Tech Giants
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Even as it Strikes Deals with Trump, the Gulf Embraces Chinese Tech Giants

Neil Thompson

Chinese technology firms are increasingly competing with US ones in major Middle Eastern markets, escalating technology-related US national security concerns. London (Special to Informed Comment; […]

US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya

US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya

05/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Netanyahu’s Occupation Plan for Gaza means more Suffering for Palestinians and less Security for Israel

Netanyahu’s Occupation Plan for Gaza means more Suffering for Palestinians and less Security for Israel

05/13/2025 By The Conversation

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Coronavirus Protests against "Corrupt" Netanyahu Rock Israel, as cases per capita outstrip Brazil

Coronavirus Protests against “Corrupt” Netanyahu Rock Israel, as cases per capita outstrip Brazil

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in office continuously since 2009, is facing a perfect storm. His trial on corruption charges […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Beginning of the U.S.-Iran Hot War?

The Beginning of the U.S.-Iran Hot War?

Washington, DC (Special to Informed Comment) – “Americans should not blame others in vain,” Iranian general Esmail Gha’ani has declared, “this is a fire they […]

Sina Toossi

Christianity
Declining Religious Right could go down with Trump

Declining Religious Right could go down with Trump

Charleston, W.V. (Special to Informed Comment) – Barely three months from now, the 2020 election may reveal whether America’s white evangelical “religious right” finally is […]

James A. Haught

Donald Trump
Killing Democracy in America: The Military-Industrial Complex and Forever Wars as our other Pandemic

Killing Democracy in America: The Military-Industrial Complex and Forever Wars as our other Pandemic

( Tomdispatch.com) – The phrase “thinking about the unthinkable” has always been associated with the unthinkable cataclysm of a nuclear war, and rightly so. Lately, […]

William J. Astore

Donald Trump
The World War in Libya: Russo-Turkish, Turko-Egyptian Conflicts Recall Multi-Polar 19th Century

The World War in Libya: Russo-Turkish, Turko-Egyptian Conflicts Recall Multi-Polar 19th Century

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Libya has become a multipolar battleground unusual in the era since 1946. The UN-recognized General National Assembly (GNA) government in […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Understanding Trump’s game plan in Portland could be the key to preventing a coup in November

Understanding Trump’s game plan in Portland could be the key to preventing a coup in November

George Lakey | – (Waging Nonviolence ) – While outrage was still growing in Oregon over federal agents’ intervention in Portland, President Trump on July […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
How to Fund the Green New Deal: With the money we spend on Immigration Enforcement, we could solar power nearly 35 million homes.

How to Fund the Green New Deal: With the money we spend on Immigration Enforcement, we could solar power nearly 35 million homes.

By Josue De Luna Navarro | ( Otherwords.org ) – The climate crisis is perhaps the greatest challenge humanity is facing. Yes, it threatens everyone’s […]

OtherWords

Epidemics
Is the Coronavirus deflating the Far Right?

Is the Coronavirus deflating the Far Right?

By Georgios Samaras | – In recent years, far-right political parties in Europe have capitalised on crises to build their support bases. Many have made […]

The Conversation

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First the Nat'l Security State Surged Baghdad, now it is Surging Portland and Seattle

First the Nat’l Security State Surged Baghdad, now it is Surging Portland and Seattle

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – USA Today’s headline went, “Mayors see broken trust, political agenda in Trump’s surge of federal officers to US cities.” Surge? […]

Juan Cole

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