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Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?
Donald Trump

Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The E3 — France, Britain and Germany — successfully led a bid at the UN Security Council Friday to reimpose […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

09/28/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

09/28/2025 By Ramona Wadi

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Democracy
Democracy is not a Luxury in Times of Pandemic

Democracy is not a Luxury in Times of Pandemic

Washington, D.C. (Special to Informed Comment) – While some pundits extol the virtue of strong government (i.e., dictatorship) in fighting Covid-19, Middle Eastern activists are […]

Elizabeth F. Thompson

Culture
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:  “All those whose Names are Written in Love’s Book”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: “All those whose Names are Written in Love’s Book”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day All hearts that shine with passion’s radiance, no matter if they pray in mosque or church– all […]

Juan Cole

China
How China's Han Empire Predicted America’s Imperial Decay

How China’s Han Empire Predicted America’s Imperial Decay

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – The Han dynasty’s collapse is an abject lesson in imperial decay that prefigures in alarming ways our own […]

Martin Powers

Epidemics
Who is "Essential" to our Covid-19 World?  A Military Spouse's Perspective on Fighting this Pandemic

Who is “Essential” to our Covid-19 World? A Military Spouse’s Perspective on Fighting this Pandemic

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – “When he first came home, it was tough.” So Aleha, the wife of an airman in […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
Top 6 Reasons Trump & Pompeo are Blessing Israel's new Annexationist Government

Top 6 Reasons Trump & Pompeo are Blessing Israel’s new Annexationist Government

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dropped in on Israel on Wednesday to bestow his blessing on the new annexationist […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
How the Justice Department Accidentally Released the Name of Saudi Official Suspected of Helping the 9/11 Hijackers

How the Justice Department Accidentally Released the Name of Saudi Official Suspected of Helping the 9/11 Hijackers

By Tim Golden and Sebastian Rotella | – (ProPublica) – After an extraordinary, two-year battle to keep secret the name of a Saudi diplomat suspected […]

ProPublica

Israel/ Palestine
Discriminatory Israeli Land Policies Box in the Palestinian Natives

Discriminatory Israeli Land Policies Box in the Palestinian Natives

( Human Rights Job ) – (Jisr al-Zarqa) – The Israeli government’s policy of boxing in Palestinian communities extends beyond the West Bank and Gaza […]

Human Rights Watch

European Union
Western Powers must Stop Rolling out the Red Carpet for Modi and Hindu Nationalism amid Pandemic: DiEM25

Western Powers must Stop Rolling out the Red Carpet for Modi and Hindu Nationalism amid Pandemic: DiEM25

The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) expresses concern for the role of Kashmir in a dispute between two nuclear powers. We call on all […]

Arturo Desimone

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Palestinian Children's Health in Gaza under Israeli Blockade During Pandemic (Juan Cole Video Interview)

Palestinian Children’s Health in Gaza under Israeli Blockade During Pandemic (Juan Cole Video Interview)

KinderUSA is a Muslim-American charity specializing in helping disadvantaged children in Palestine and elsewhere. Although some people would have you think of Palestinians in Gaza […]

Juan Cole

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