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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. […]

“Look to the Rose:”  Edward FitzGerald’s  Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

“Look to the Rose:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

09/16/2025 By Juan Cole

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

09/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Algeria
As Algeria Democracy Protests Continue for 29th Week, will "The Power" Strike Back?

As Algeria Democracy Protests Continue for 29th Week, will “The Power” Strike Back?

(Al-Bab.com) – Last Friday, for the 29th week in succession, demonstrators took to the streets of Algiers. It’s now five months since they achieved their […]

Brian Whitaker

Afghanistan
Reflections on “Peace” in Afghanistan; Leaving a Misguided War and Choosing Not to Look Back

Reflections on “Peace” in Afghanistan; Leaving a Misguided War and Choosing Not to Look Back

( Tomdispatch.com) – When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
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

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