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Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington
Donald Trump

Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Two visions of the future of Gaza are congealing, in two different power centers. One is the Arab and Muslim […]

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

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

11/05/2025 By Juan Cole

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

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

11/05/2025 By Common Dreams

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The Real Danger behind Trump's "China Virus" Mantra

The Real Danger behind Trump’s “China Virus” Mantra

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – The “China-Virus” mantra illustrates well this administration’s habit of responding to challenges by branding people as ethnic, religious, […]

Martin Powers

Feminism
Presence-as-Resistance: Iranian Women and the Politics of Social Contestation

Presence-as-Resistance: Iranian Women and the Politics of Social Contestation

The history of everyday public resistance on the part of women’s movements in Iran

Navid Pourmokhtari

Donald Trump
Trump bashed Immigrants, but Nearly 1/3 of US Doctors are Foreign-Born, on Pandemic Front Lines

Trump bashed Immigrants, but Nearly 1/3 of US Doctors are Foreign-Born, on Pandemic Front Lines

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It turns out we need those foreigners after all, despite what Trump thinks. On Sunday British investigative journalist Iain Overton […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Maybe that Imperial Presidency Idea wasn't so Great: The Coronavirus Reveals that America Long Since Fell Apart

Maybe that Imperial Presidency Idea wasn’t so Great: The Coronavirus Reveals that America Long Since Fell Apart

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – If you were asked three months ago, when news of the novel Coronavirus we now call Covid-19 was just […]

David Faris

Epidemics
Coronavirus: Corporate Media ignores how Privatization of Hospitals explains Lack of Beds, Ventilators

Coronavirus: Corporate Media ignores how Privatization of Hospitals explains Lack of Beds, Ventilators

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – The escalating total Covid 19 deaths in New York City and the frantic quest to obtain life […]

John Buell

War
Yemen still on the brink following coronavirus risks and fragile ceasefire

Yemen still on the brink following coronavirus risks and fragile ceasefire

London (Special to Informed Comment) – As Yemen’s catastrophic war enters its sixth year, the Saudi-led coalition offered a desperately needed ceasefire on Friday, which […]

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Climate Crisis
Wind Power surges by 20 Percent!  Why Gov't Should Put Stimulus Money into it to Help Economy and the Earth

Wind Power surges by 20 Percent! Why Gov’t Should Put Stimulus Money into it to Help Economy and the Earth

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Wind power is growing by leaps and bounds, with new installations up 20 percent in 2019. A whole 60 gigawatts […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Italy Coronavirus Deaths Pass 10,000: How Austerity and Anti-Immigrant Politics Created Europe's Worst Crisis

Italy Coronavirus Deaths Pass 10,000: How Austerity and Anti-Immigrant Politics Created Europe’s Worst Crisis

( Foreign Policy in Focus) As the viral blitzkrieg rolls across one European border after another, it seems to have a particular enmity for Italy. […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Saudi Arabia
Yemen: Saudi Forces Torture, ‘Disappear’ Yemenis

Yemen: Saudi Forces Torture, ‘Disappear’ Yemenis

At Least 5 Detainees from al-Mahrah Illegally Transferred to Saudi Arabia

Human Rights Watch

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