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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Donald Trump
Trump's Economic War on Iran: 88% reduction in Oil Exports, 6% Shrinkage of Economy

Trump’s Economic War on Iran: 88% reduction in Oil Exports, 6% Shrinkage of Economy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States is already at war with Iran, squeezing its economy down to nothingness. If another country tried to […]

Juan Cole

Sudan
What the Press Gets Wrong about the Sudan Crisis: It isn't (Mainly) about Secular Democracy

What the Press Gets Wrong about the Sudan Crisis: It isn’t (Mainly) about Secular Democracy

Portland, Or. (Informed Comment) – Almost all reporting on the Sudan crisis has in common is that the reports have been uneven or flat-out incorrect. […]

Peter Bechtold

Donald Trump
UK Ambassador: Trump 'radiating insecurity,' inventing 'false statistics' and Dreads Unpopularity of any War with Iran

UK Ambassador: Trump ‘radiating insecurity,’ inventing ‘false statistics’ and Dreads Unpopularity of any War with Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Isabel Oakeshott at the Mail on Sunday has gotten hold of troves of UK diplomatic cables back to Whitehall from […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Emergency: Reforestation is no Substitute for Leaving Fossil Fuels in the Ground

Climate Emergency: Reforestation is no Substitute for Leaving Fossil Fuels in the Ground

By Mark Maslin | – Restoring the world’s forests on an unprecedented scale is “the best climate change solution available”, according to a new study. […]

The Conversation

Iran
What Sanctions Mean for My Iranian-American Family

What Sanctions Mean for My Iranian-American Family

As innocent people suffer, break-ins are on the rise — including at my grandparents’ house.

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Climate Change
Humans set new Record putting Heat-Trapping CO2 into Atmosphere and What that Means

Humans set new Record putting Heat-Trapping CO2 into Atmosphere and What that Means

By Adam Voiland | – (NASA Earth Observatory) – In May 2019, when atmospheric carbon dioxide reached its yearly peak, it set a record. The […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
If Trump's Steampunk History of Revolutionary War Airbases isn't Grounds for Impeachment, What is?

If Trump’s Steampunk History of Revolutionary War Airbases isn’t Grounds for Impeachment, What is?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Suhauna Hussain at the LA Times reviews Trump’s fragile grasp of history, from his Revolutionary War airports to his Revolutionary […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Former Revolutionary Guards Chief Says Iran Should Consider Talking To Trump

Former Revolutionary Guards Chief Says Iran Should Consider Talking To Trump

( RFE/RL) – Amid escalating tensions with the United States and mounting sanctions pressuring Iran’s economy, a former senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Iran
Iranians are not our Enemies: Can Public Diplomacy Work?

Iranians are not our Enemies: Can Public Diplomacy Work?

When foreign policy as we know it isn’t working, creative citizen diplomacy can step in to humanize the real people who would be most impacted by war.

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