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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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The Corporations that are Swinging behind Green Energy may make all the Difference in  Climate Emergency

The Corporations that are Swinging behind Green Energy may make all the Difference in Climate Emergency

By Zdravka Tzankova | – The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea My new analysis of companies that […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
For "Safety and Happiness:" On the 4th of July, we Need a Declaration of Independence from Donald Trump

For “Safety and Happiness:” On the 4th of July, we Need a Declaration of Independence from Donald Trump

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The founding generation of Americans was deeply concerned with well-being. The Declaration of Independence says that if a government won’t […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu's proposed annexation of the Palestinian West Bank could Provoke a 'diplomatic tsunami' against Israel

Netanyahu’s proposed annexation of the Palestinian West Bank could Provoke a ‘diplomatic tsunami’ against Israel

By Tony Walker | – In a deadly game of Middle East cat and mouse, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing to weigh his […]

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Donald Trump
In the U.S., the Second Wave of the Pandemic Is Already Here

In the U.S., the Second Wave of the Pandemic Is Already Here

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – If the United States had quick-thinking and efficient leadership, the pandemic would have infected about 100,000 people and killed only […]

John Feffer

Libya
Foreign Interference Keeps Libya's Crisis at a Boil

Foreign Interference Keeps Libya’s Crisis at a Boil

( 48hills) – I arrived at the airport in Tripoli, Libya, on assignment for CBS Radio with my paperwork in order. I even had the […]

Reese Erlich

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Baghdad Bob on the Potomac: Trump's Hoaxes, from "Disappearing" Covid-19 to Climate to Russiagate

Baghdad Bob on the Potomac: Trump’s Hoaxes, from “Disappearing” Covid-19 to Climate to Russiagate

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Authoritarian regimes breed lies like rotting meat breeds maggots, and as Trump marches the United States into an imperial presidency […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
What do Russians make of the charge  Moscow offered Taliban Bounties on US Troops?

What do Russians make of the charge Moscow offered Taliban Bounties on US Troops?

Russian officials deny the New York times claims that Moscow offered bounties to members of the Taliban movement for killing US soldiers, while the Kremlin-friendly […]

Nikola Mikovic

BDS
Federal Court Allows American Studies Association Boycott of Israel to Stand: Victory for BDS

Federal Court Allows American Studies Association Boycott of Israel to Stand: Victory for BDS

( American Studies Association) – In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has affirmed the […]

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Trump at Mt. Rushmore and other Rogues' Galleries in an America in Ruins

Trump at Mt. Rushmore and other Rogues’ Galleries in an America in Ruins

By Lawrence Weschler | – The news that President Trump is planning to stage a “massive fireworks display” before a sizeable crowd on Independence Day […]

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