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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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A Russia-China-Iran 'Axis of the Sanctioned?' Will Russia risk defying Trump to sell arms to Iran?

A Russia-China-Iran ‘Axis of the Sanctioned?’ Will Russia risk defying Trump to sell arms to Iran?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Russia risks facing severe US sanctions if it starts selling weapons to Iran after October 18, which is when […]

Nikola Mikovic

Israel/ Palestine
More Afraid of Int'l Criminal Court than it Lets On, Israel makes Secret List of its Officials who may be Charged with War Crimes

More Afraid of Int’l Criminal Court than it Lets On, Israel makes Secret List of its Officials who may be Charged with War Crimes

( Middle East Monitor) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has adjourned without issuing its ruling on whether Israeli officials will be tried for war […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Energy isn’t just electricity – the common mistake obscuring the mammoth task of decarbonisation

Energy isn’t just electricity – the common mistake obscuring the mammoth task of decarbonisation

By George Loumakis | – One of the first things I teach students is the difference between energy and electricity. Electricity is a particular form […]

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Donald Trump
Iran's Khamenei presses Iraq PM to Expel US troops, as Iraqi Parliament Legislated

Iran’s Khamenei presses Iraq PM to Expel US troops, as Iraqi Parliament Legislated

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraq Akhbar (Iraq News) reports on the first visit of Mustafa al-Kadhimi as Iraqi prime minister to Iran. He met […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Turkey Turned the Hagia Sophia back into a Mosque: Is it Consistent with Muslim Values, the Dialogue of Civilizations?

Turkey Turned the Hagia Sophia back into a Mosque: Is it Consistent with Muslim Values, the Dialogue of Civilizations?

(Special to Informed Comment) – Debates are currently going on regarding the destiny of the Hagia Sophia (literally “Divine Wisdom”, the sixth-century cathedral built by […]

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Health Care
Can we afford Medicare for All?  The Truth is, we can't afford not to have it

Can we afford Medicare for All? The Truth is, we can’t afford not to have it

Gainesville, Florida — In the US, 30 million people have no health insurance, and the per capita cost of health care is far higher than […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Inequality
A Jubilee Moment?  Time to Stop Bankrolling War and the Wealthy

A Jubilee Moment? Time to Stop Bankrolling War and the Wealthy

( Tomdispatch.com) – The word jubilee comes from the Hebrew “yovel,” meaning a “trumpet blast of liberty.” It was said that, on the day of […]

Liz Theoharis

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Biden: Muslim Americans took full Brunt of Vile Trump Hatred of Minorities; Pledges to Reverse Muslim Ban

Biden: Muslim Americans took full Brunt of Vile Trump Hatred of Minorities; Pledges to Reverse Muslim Ban

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Joe Biden addressed the Million Muslim Votes organization on Monday. In the context of the extreme hatred for Muslims of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The return of Apartheid, Israeli style

The return of Apartheid, Israeli style

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The possibly temporary postponement of Israel’s annexation of swathes of the occupied West Bank […]

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