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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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With Bolton gone, will Trump meet Iran's Pres. Rouhani?

With Bolton gone, will Trump meet Iran’s Pres. Rouhani?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the wake of the firing of national security adviser and full-time warmonger John Bolton, secretary of state Mike Pompeo […]

Juan Cole

nuclear weapons
Bolton pushed America's Rush back to Nuclear Weapons, but wasn't Alone

Bolton pushed America’s Rush back to Nuclear Weapons, but wasn’t Alone

Lawrence Wilkerson is the former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. He is current the Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

China
China's Struggle for Green Electricity

China’s Struggle for Green Electricity

By Feng Hao | – ( ChinaDialogue ) – Using electricity for everything will help lay the groundwork for lowering carbon emissions, but it won’t […]

China Dialogue

Authoritarianism
Trump's NOAA reduced to agency of Tinpot Dictator like al-Sisi's Egypt

Trump’s NOAA reduced to agency of Tinpot Dictator like al-Sisi’s Egypt

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last week Trump erroneously tweeted out that Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian, which could have set off […]

Juan Cole

Hizbullah
The Most Dangerous Border: What Israeli Strikes in Lebanon mean for Iran & Saudi Arabia

The Most Dangerous Border: What Israeli Strikes in Lebanon mean for Iran & Saudi Arabia

By Abdulaziz Alghashian | – Recent clashes between Israel and Hezbollah on the Lebanese border have caused much speculation of a looming military confrontation between […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Politics of the Local Weather Broadcast: Call your Station and Demand News of Climate Crisis

The Politics of the Local Weather Broadcast: Call your Station and Demand News of Climate Crisis

(Informed Comment) – Many of us rely on daily reports, often presented by local TV weatherpersons, to get through our daily routines. How do I […]

John Buell

Afghanistan
Trump-Taliban Talks like those with N. Korea-- a Photo Op on the Deck of the Titanic

Trump-Taliban Talks like those with N. Korea– a Photo Op on the Deck of the Titanic

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Afghanistan government has been miffed and apprehensive for some time that the Trump administration has been talking to the […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
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 […]

The Conversation

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