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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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Israel/ Palestine
Kushner's Bahrain conference collapsing--No Palestine, Israel Officials, charges of attempting to Buy off Palestinians

Kushner’s Bahrain conference collapsing–No Palestine, Israel Officials, charges of attempting to Buy off Palestinians

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt has stated that next week’s Bahrain economic workshop is the first part of the United State’s […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
America’s Suicide Epidemic is Hitting Trump’s Base Hard

America’s Suicide Epidemic is Hitting Trump’s Base Hard

(Tomdispatch.com) – We hear a lot about suicide when celebrities like Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade die by their own hand. Otherwise, it seldom makes […]

Rajan Menon

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Solar Growing by leaps and Bounds in India, fueling Irrigation and Jobs

Solar Growing by leaps and Bounds in India, fueling Irrigation and Jobs

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Solar energy is one of the fastest-growing energy sectors in the world, and has the great advantage of producing no […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel Deliberately wounding Palestinian Civilians in Gaza?

Is Israel Deliberately wounding Palestinian Civilians in Gaza?

By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – A new World Heath Organization report on Gaza this month made for shocking reading. But as usual when […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
As Seas Rise, can a political accommodation be made for Islander Refugees?

As Seas Rise, can a political accommodation be made for Islander Refugees?

By Sarah M. Munoz | – Climate change is expected to have a striking impact on vulnerable communities, especially in coastal regions where sea-level rise […]

The Conversation

Elections
Can Democracy meet Challenge of Far Right Populism, from Brazil to Italy to India and US?

Can Democracy meet Challenge of Far Right Populism, from Brazil to Italy to India and US?

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – Democracy faces a global crisis. And this crisis couldn’t be coming at a worse time. If you’re a supporter of […]

John Feffer

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Alleging False Flag, Iran Speaker accuses US of Gulf of Oman Tanker Attacks

Alleging False Flag, Iran Speaker accuses US of Gulf of Oman Tanker Attacks

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s speaker of parliament, Ali Larijani, said Monday that he believed that the United States might have staged the attack […]

Juan Cole

Sudan
As Military Junta consolidates Rule in Sudan, Masses demand Civilian Government

As Military Junta consolidates Rule in Sudan, Masses demand Civilian Government

By Khalil Charles | @khalilcharles | – Historians and political scientists who have followed recent events in Sudan closely will point to the irony of […]

Middle East Monitor

Elections
Why the Information Arms Race is a Rat Race: Can we Secure our Elections?

Why the Information Arms Race is a Rat Race: Can we Secure our Elections?

By Cailin O’Connor | – (Aeon) – Arms races happen when two sides of a conflict escalate in a series of ever-changing moves intended to […]

Aeon

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