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Iran’s Grand Strategy –  Vali Nasr
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Iran’s Grand Strategy – Vali Nasr

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review: Vali Nasr, “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History”, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Islamic Republic […]

64 Palestinians in Gaza Killed trying to Reach Aid Centers in 24 Hours

64 Palestinians in Gaza Killed trying to Reach Aid Centers in 24 Hours

06/19/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

Resistance Works: How Small Groups Took on Great Powers and Won a Victory for Decolonization, Africa, Indigenous Peoples, and More

Resistance Works: How Small Groups Took on Great Powers and Won a Victory for Decolonization, Africa, Indigenous Peoples, and More

06/19/2025 By David Vine

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Iran
Will Britain Cave to Trump's Press for Conflict with Iran?

Will Britain Cave to Trump’s Press for Conflict with Iran?

(Informed Comment) – Donald Trump’s military proliferation in the Middle East and further sanctions on Iran, aimed at isolating Tehran, have driven a deeper rift […]

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Neoliberalism
How Neoliberalism & Privatization are Driving our Crises, from Guatemala to Moscow

How Neoliberalism & Privatization are Driving our Crises, from Guatemala to Moscow

To the corporate media, history goes back only as far as yesterday. Thus the media portray the chaos and violence in Central America as though […]

John Buell

Climate Change
The Extreme Weather of Climate Emergency will Cost US $1 trillion in Ten Years

The Extreme Weather of Climate Emergency will Cost US $1 trillion in Ten Years

By Gary W. Yohe | – June marks the official start of hurricane season. If recent history is any guide, it will prove to be […]

The Conversation

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Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: War on Iran will Endanger US Forces in Region & Kushner Plan for Palestine is “Historic Crime”

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: War on Iran will Endanger US Forces in Region & Kushner Plan for Palestine is “Historic Crime”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hasan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hizbullah (Hezbollah), the Lebanese Shiite party-militia, gave a speech Friday in which he raked the […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Assange Indictment Marks Alarming New Stage in US Gov't's War on Leaks

Assange Indictment Marks Alarming New Stage in US Gov’t’s War on Leaks

Mexico City ( Committee to Protect Journalists) – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the U.S. Justice Department’s indictment last week of WikiLeaks […]

Committee to Protect Journalists

Climate Change
Youth Don’t want to be Scared by Climate Crisis: They Want Practical Solutions

Youth Don’t want to be Scared by Climate Crisis: They Want Practical Solutions

By Dimitrinka Atanasova and Kjersti Fløttum | – Days after the British parliament declared a “climate emergency”, The Guardian announced that it would start using […]

The Conversation

Arab World
Arab League, GCC Summits Rattled Sabers at Iran but ignored Arab world's Humanitarian Crises

Arab League, GCC Summits Rattled Sabers at Iran but ignored Arab world’s Humanitarian Crises

By Thembisa Fakude | @fakudet | – Saudi Arabia hosted three summits side-by-side this week. Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud hosted the 14th […]

Middle East Monitor

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Firearms are used to Murder 11,000 /yr in US; N. Zealand Banned Semi-Automatic Guns after 50 Killed

Firearms are used to Murder 11,000 /yr in US; N. Zealand Banned Semi-Automatic Guns after 50 Killed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Virginia Beach shooter killed 12 and put at least 4 others in hospital being operated on for their injuries. […]

Juan Cole

racism
Why Brown Terrorists are 'Terrorists' and White Terrorists are just 'Mentally Ill'

Why Brown Terrorists are ‘Terrorists’ and White Terrorists are just ‘Mentally Ill’

By Maha Hilal | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Whether authorities classify an act as “terrorist” depends almost entirely on who carries it […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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