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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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