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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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With Trump Doubling down on Yemen War, Will Congress End Imperial Presidency?

With Trump Doubling down on Yemen War, Will Congress End Imperial Presidency?

R. Joseph Parrott | – The Trump administration on May 24 announced an emergency declaration to sell billions of dollars worth of arms to Saudi […]

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Four Things to Watch as Israel goes to New Elections

Four Things to Watch as Israel goes to New Elections

By Rebecca Stead | – For the second time in a year, Israel is heading to the polls. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who […]

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Arab World
Saudi King Salman calls at Summit for Int'l Condemnation of Iranian "Terrorism"

Saudi King Salman calls at Summit for Int’l Condemnation of Iranian “Terrorism”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The emergency summit of the Arab league just held in Mecca had as it purpose to shore up pan-Arab support […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Troika Fevers:  Key American Allies in the Middle East are the Real Tyrants

Troika Fevers: Key American Allies in the Middle East are the Real Tyrants

(Tomdispatch.com) – American foreign policy can be so retro, not to mention absurd. Despite being bogged down in more military interventions than it can reasonably […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Missing Palestinian Visual Archive

The Missing Palestinian Visual Archive

By Reem Abd Ulhamid | – The Palestinian refugee camps…why do they strive to annihilate them? 1982 Palestinian attempts to create a historical visual narrative […]

Reem Abd Ulhamid

Saudi Arabia
Is Saudi Arabia Losing the War in Yemen?

Is Saudi Arabia Losing the War in Yemen?

By Mustafa Fetouri | – Is Saudi Arabia losing its military campaign in Yemen despite being the stronger party enjoying the support of its many […]

Middle East Monitor

Eurasia
What does it Mean that South Ossetia is Celebrating Independence?

What does it Mean that South Ossetia is Celebrating Independence?

By Richard Foltz | – Tskhinval, Republic of South Ossetia (Informed Comment) – On May 29 South Ossetians celebrated the signing of their declaration of […]

Richard Foltz

Constitution
A Wroth Mueller Comes for Nancy Pelosi:  Rashida Tlaib is Right

A Wroth Mueller Comes for Nancy Pelosi: Rashida Tlaib is Right

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bob Mueller measures his words, but he is as Merriam Webster’s thesaurus has it, angered, apoplectic, ballistic, choleric, enraged, foaming, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Robert Mueller Statement Transcript: If we had Found Trump Innocent, We would Have Said So

Robert Mueller Statement Transcript: If we had Found Trump Innocent, We would Have Said So

Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered a 10-minute speech from the Justice Department on Wednesday: Transcript: Two years ago, the Acting Attorney General asked me to […]

Juan Cole

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