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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Iran
Lots of Countries have Enriched Uranium - How Iran's Program Fell on the Wrong Side of History

Lots of Countries have Enriched Uranium – How Iran’s Program Fell on the Wrong Side of History

By Joseph O’Mahoney | – As tensions remain at fever pitch between Tehran and Washington, Iran continues to breach limits agreed in the 2015 Iran […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s political and personal reputation is in shreds

Israeli PM Netanyahu’s political and personal reputation is in shreds

Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – Israel’s General Election two weeks ago has presented it with its second major political deadlock this year. The […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump Talks tough with Journalists but Lets Real Strongmen like Turkey's Erdogan Walk all over Him

Trump Talks tough with Journalists but Lets Real Strongmen like Turkey’s Erdogan Walk all over Him

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last week during the visit of the Finnish president, Trump acted out with a journalist, James Mason of Reuters who […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Baghdad’s Youthquake: Iraq’s Young Protestors ‘Have Nothing Left To Lose’

Baghdad’s Youthquake: Iraq’s Young Protestors ‘Have Nothing Left To Lose’

(Niqash.org ) – Anti-government protests in Baghdad were led by the younger generation, one that has grown up under military rule, lived a more liberal […]

Mustafa Habib

Foreign Policy
How the Saudi Oil Field Attack Overturned America’s Apple Cart

How the Saudi Oil Field Attack Overturned America’s Apple Cart

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – For all their overwhelming firepower, the U.S. and its allies can cause a lot of misery in the Middle East, […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Constitution
Why Trump's bad Nixon imitation may cost him the presidency

Why Trump’s bad Nixon imitation may cost him the presidency

By Ken Hughes | – Whatever Donald Trump does, Richard Nixon usually did it first and better. Nixon got a foreign government’s help to win […]

The Conversation

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Iraqi Gov't Teeters as Protest Death toll Rises to 100, with 4,000 Wounded

Iraqi Gov’t Teeters as Protest Death toll Rises to 100, with 4,000 Wounded

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Protests broke out again in Baghdad on Saturday, leaving 15 dead. The government had shut down the internet a few […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi looks ‘positively’ at Yemeni truce proposal

Saudi looks ‘positively’ at Yemeni truce proposal

Saudi Prince Khalid Bin Salman believes that his country looks “positively” at the truce proposal announced by Houthis in Yemen, Arabi21.com reported on Friday. In […]

Middle East Monitor

China
Solar Power:  How China can Spur Regional Growth without more Carbon Emissions

Solar Power: How China can Spur Regional Growth without more Carbon Emissions

By Kathryn G Logan, Shi Chen and Xi Lu | – China has invested US$90 billion in the countries involved in its Belt and Road […]

The Conversation

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