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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”
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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

Juan Cole

Dick Cheney and the Iraq War – was it about Oil? How Cheney coarsened American politics

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Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

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The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

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Your Gasoline Car is an Engine of Trump’s Fascism: Resistance requires going Green

Your Gasoline Car is an Engine of Trump’s Fascism: Resistance requires going Green

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mussolini defined fascism as the “merger of state and corporate power.” But not all corporations are equally complicit. Obviously, our […]

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Iran
With Proxies Weakened, Iran bets on Missiles for Defense

With Proxies Weakened, Iran bets on Missiles for Defense

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL) – Iran says it has numerous underground missile bases across Iran, and sporadically unveils some with a lot of […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israeli Military War Crimes While Occupying Hospitals

Gaza: Israeli Military War Crimes While Occupying Hospitals

Denial of Care, Deadly Forced Evacuations, Destruction of Medical Facilities Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in […]

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Amid Gaza Protests:  – Top 5 Ways Israeli PM Netanyahu kept Hamas in Power

Amid Gaza Protests: – Top 5 Ways Israeli PM Netanyahu kept Hamas in Power

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The London-based, Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily, Al-Sharq al-Awsat [The Middle East], reports that demonstrations against Hamas broke out this week in […]

Juan Cole

Sudan
The Battle for Khartoum: Tracking Sudan’s War over two Years

The Battle for Khartoum: Tracking Sudan’s War over two Years

By Kagure Gacheche, The Conversation (The Conversation) – Sudan has been engulfed in brutal conflict since 15 April 2023, when tensions between the country’s two […]

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Academic Freedom
Condemnation of Columbia U. for Endangering Int’l Studies in U.S. by Caving to Intrusive Gov’t

Condemnation of Columbia U. for Endangering Int’l Studies in U.S. by Caving to Intrusive Gov’t

Middle East Studies Association | American Comparative Literature Association | American Studies Association | Association for Asian Studies | National Women’s Studies Association | – […]

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China’s BYD has a $16K “Tesla-killer,” as IEA finds EVs are an Oil Company-Killer

China’s BYD has a $16K “Tesla-killer,” as IEA finds EVs are an Oil Company-Killer

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Incredible new developments in electric vehicles are taking place in China with global implications. China’s BYD sold $100 billion worth […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Iraq’s Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis

Iraq’s Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis

Sarah Sanbar Iraq Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division ( Human Rights Watch ) – By any metric, Iraq’s environment is under severe pressure. […]

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African-Americans
Making America White Again: The Deafening Silence of Trump’s Black Supporters

Making America White Again: The Deafening Silence of Trump’s Black Supporters

( Tomdispatch.com ) – During the 2024 election campaign, candidate Donald Trump’s most controversial rally occurred at New York’s Madison Square Garden. A comedian on […]

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