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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

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Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

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Islamophobia, Boris Johnson and the British Conservative Party

Islamophobia, Boris Johnson and the British Conservative Party

By Mohammed Samaana | – Belfast (Informed Comment) – The new British PM Boris Johnson prided himself on having a diverse government. Actually only on […]

Mohammed Samaana

Climate Change
How climate change is driving emigration from Central America

How climate change is driving emigration from Central America

By Miranda Cady Hallett | – Clouds of dust rose behind the wheels of the pickup truck as we hurtled over the back road in […]

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War
The Pain Remains: The Living Literature of War

The Pain Remains: The Living Literature of War

( Tomdispatch.com) – Do you remember July 8, 2011? Where you were? What you did? Whom you talked to? Anything at all? I couldn’t pin […]

Nick Turse

China
Israeli PM Netanyahu's Himalayan Miscalculation on Iran: Bringing China into the Mideast

Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Himalayan Miscalculation on Iran: Bringing China into the Mideast

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is one of the world players who pushed Trump to breach the 2015 treaty […]

Juan Cole

European Union
Britain's Trump: The Further Failure of Right Wing Populism

Britain’s Trump: The Further Failure of Right Wing Populism

(Informed Comment) – After only six weeks in office, Johnson’s grand plan to leave the European Union with or without a deal by 31 October […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Afghanistan
Will Trump Bring Peace to Afghanistan?  Don't Hold your Breath

Will Trump Bring Peace to Afghanistan? Don’t Hold your Breath

( 48hills.org) – Washington, DC is buzzing with talk of troop withdrawals and the impact on peace talks in Afghanistan. The US may start withdrawing […]

Reese Erlich

China
China Defies Trump on Iran Big time with $400 bn Belt-and-Road Investment, 5000 Security Personnel*

China Defies Trump on Iran Big time with $400 bn Belt-and-Road Investment, 5000 Security Personnel*

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was in Beijing recently for what turns out to have been the biggest triumph […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
At Height of Hurricane Disaster Season, Trump moves $100 mn. from FEMA to Jailing Immigrants

At Height of Hurricane Disaster Season, Trump moves $100 mn. from FEMA to Jailing Immigrants

(Otherwords.org) – The Trump administration is moving money away from disaster relief to lock up more immigrants. Donald Trump discusses immigration as if the benefits […]

Jill Richardson

Israel/ Palestine
Why ‘moderates’ don’t have a clue what to do about Israel’s settlements

Why ‘moderates’ don’t have a clue what to do about Israel’s settlements

By Ahmed El Kady | – Earlier this month, the High Planning Committee (HPC) of the Israeli Civil Administration authorised the construction of 2,304 new […]

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