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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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China’s Wind and Solar Soar by 357 Gigawatts, as Trump Mires us in backward, Planet-Wrecking Fossil Fuels

China’s Wind and Solar Soar by 357 Gigawatts, as Trump Mires us in backward, Planet-Wrecking Fossil Fuels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Trump’s attempt to derail the wind and solar industries in the United States in favor of dirty fossil fuels […]

Juan Cole

Unlawful Imprisonment
The Forever Charade: Gitmo, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

The Forever Charade: Gitmo, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On January 10th, one day before the 23rd anniversary of its opening, a much-anticipated hearing was set to take place at […]

Karen J. Greenberg

censorship
Protesting to Columbia U. over Forced Retirement of Professor Katherine Franke for Palestine Advocacy

Protesting to Columbia U. over Forced Retirement of Professor Katherine Franke for Palestine Advocacy

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Senator Greg Fryer Co-Chair, Faculty Affairs, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Columbia University Senate […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Donald Trump
Memo to Trump: How Dumping 2.2 Million more Palestinians on Jordan would Destabilize the Middle East even More than the Iraq War Did

Memo to Trump: How Dumping 2.2 Million more Palestinians on Jordan would Destabilize the Middle East even More than the Iraq War Did

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – First, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet proposed ethnically cleansing Gaza of its Palestinian inhabitants in the fall […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel destroyed 70% of Gaza’s Buildings: Was this ‘Domicide’ a further Move toward Colonization?

Israel destroyed 70% of Gaza’s Buildings: Was this ‘Domicide’ a further Move toward Colonization?

by Jibran Syed ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Palestinians continue to make their way back to the remnants of Gaza – a place […]

Middle East Monitor

Arab Spring
As Syria ponders a democratic future: 5 lessons from the Arab Spring

As Syria ponders a democratic future: 5 lessons from the Arab Spring

By Robert Kubinec, University of South Carolina (The Conversation) – The fall of Bashar Assad’s dictatorship in December 2024 has ushered in a nerve-wracking time […]

The Conversation

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Interview:   Juan Cole’s ‘Gaza Yet Stands’ and the Fate of Palestine

Interview: Juan Cole’s ‘Gaza Yet Stands’ and the Fate of Palestine

Interview of Juan Cole on his book Gaza Yet Stands by Shubhda Chaudhary for her Middle East Insights YouTube channel. Dr. Chaudhary Dr. Shubhda Chaudhary […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How the Israel-Hamas War Reshaped the Middle East

How the Israel-Hamas War Reshaped the Middle East

By Ray Furlong and Abubakar Siddique ( RFE/ RL ) – The 15-month conflict in the Middle East has caused a dramatic shift in the regional […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Donald Trump
Detroit’s Death Spiral: How Trump’s Climate Policy Could Kill the US Auto Industry

Detroit’s Death Spiral: How Trump’s Climate Policy Could Kill the US Auto Industry

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It came upon a midnight clear, a vision both complete and quite specific — not from any of those “angels bending […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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