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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)
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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)

Juan Cole

Juan Cole Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini: “The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): How To Lose a Country In 100 Days with Josh Gondelman & Juan […]

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

05/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

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Amerexit? Trump and the End of the Anglo-American Order

Amerexit? Trump and the End of the Anglo-American Order

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Donald Trump may prove to be the ultimate Brexiteer. Back in August 2016, in the midst of his presidential campaign, he […]

Tom Engelhardt

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In the Billionaires' America, Inequality Is Literally Killing Us

In the Billionaires’ America, Inequality Is Literally Killing Us

( Otherwords.org) – Again and again, studies show that the richer wealthy Americans become, the shorter the rest of us live. What do the folks […]

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Kurds consider Asking for Russian No-Fly Zone as Moscow demands Foreign Armies leave Syria

Kurds consider Asking for Russian No-Fly Zone as Moscow demands Foreign Armies leave Syria

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A CNN exclusive by Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne reveals that Gen. Mazloum Kobani Abdi told the US, “I need […]

Juan Cole

Coal
Dig Beneath the World’s Far-Right Governments — You’ll Find Fossil Fuels

Dig Beneath the World’s Far-Right Governments — You’ll Find Fossil Fuels

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – From Brazil to India to the United States, extractive industries have aligned themselves with authoritarian governments waging war on minority […]

Basav Sen

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for Freeing Ethiopia's Dissidents, but Challenges still Await

Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for Freeing Ethiopia’s Dissidents, but Challenges still Await

By Mohammed Girma | – Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He becomes the 100th Nobel Peace Prize winner, […]

The Conversation

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Turkey Shells position of US Special Forces in Syria, almost Provokes Firefight

Turkey Shells position of US Special Forces in Syria, almost Provokes Firefight

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tom O’Connor , James LaPorta AND Naveed Jamali at Newsweek report that the Turkish military subjected a position occupied by […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk

Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk

Key Concerns Include Unlawful Attacks, Treatment of Displaced People, Arbitrary Arrests

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Israel/ Palestine
South Africans advise Palestinians on how Apartheid can be Overcome

South Africans advise Palestinians on how Apartheid can be Overcome

Ramzy Baroud | @RamzyBaroud | – The way to truly defeat Apartheid: A conversation with Na’eem Jeenah and Salim Vally “Perhaps the time has come […]

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Kurds
Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds

Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds

By James L. Gelvin | – Turkey’s attack on Kurdish-run territory in northern Syria will likely snuff out a radical experiment in self-government that is […]

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