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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
China

Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Arab Americans
With Bernie Sanders in Dearborn, Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans take the Political Stage

With Bernie Sanders in Dearborn, Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans take the Political Stage

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bernie Sanders’ rally at Dearborn, Michigan with a crowd that included Arab-Americans, on stage and off, was a frontal attack […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
How the US could Restart Negotiations with Iran

How the US could Restart Negotiations with Iran

(Special to Informed Comment) – Trump‘ s policy of exerting maximum pressure on Iran, highly provocative targeting of Quds Force General Qassem Suleimani, non-recognition of […]

Thomas Buonomo

Green Transportation
Germany set to overtake China as Market Leader for Electric Cars in 2021 with Nearly 2 mn. to be Produced

Germany set to overtake China as Market Leader for Electric Cars in 2021 with Nearly 2 mn. to be Produced

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – German carmakers VW, BMW and Daimler are set to overtake Chinese rivals to become global […]

Clean Energy Wire

Displaced and Refugees
Between Libya and the Deep Blue Sea: How migrant rescuers are making history in the Mediterranean

Between Libya and the Deep Blue Sea: How migrant rescuers are making history in the Mediterranean

By Bryan Farrell (Waging Nonviolence) – While governments fail to meet basic humanitarian requirements, rescue organizations like Sea-Watch are taking life-saving action on the frontlines […]

Waging Nonviolence

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Seeking Absolute Power in Saudi Arabia, Bin Salman engineers Arrest of Rivals, including former Crown Prince

Seeking Absolute Power in Saudi Arabia, Bin Salman engineers Arrest of Rivals, including former Crown Prince

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Glen Carey and Vivian Nereim at Bloomberg report that the Saudi government has arrested former crown prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Why Mike Pence is the Worst Choice to Lead a Coronavirus Response

Why Mike Pence is the Worst Choice to Lead a Coronavirus Response

( Otherwords.org ) -The former Indiana governor presided over the state’s worst ever HIV outbreak. His ignorance made it worse. A year after Trump took […]

Jill Richardson

Bashar al-Assad
Are Syria’s Social Media Meme Wars the Face of Modern Warfare?

Are Syria’s Social Media Meme Wars the Face of Modern Warfare?

( Middle East Monitor) – Social media continues to influence our perception of conflicts around the world, though rapid updates around the clock on developments […]

Omar Ahmed

Afghanistan
Trump may want out of Afghanistan, but this so-called "Peace Deal" with Taliban isn't Likely to Succeed

Trump may want out of Afghanistan, but this so-called “Peace Deal” with Taliban isn’t Likely to Succeed

By Madhav Joshi | – After 18 months of negotiations, the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace deal on Feb. 29. It is expected […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
How many Iranians will die of Coronavirus because of Trump's Economic Blockade on that Country?

How many Iranians will die of Coronavirus because of Trump’s Economic Blockade on that Country?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Babak Dehghanpisheh at Reuters reports that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on Thursday that the coronavirus Covid-19 has spread to […]

Juan Cole

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