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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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What will Trump’s Second Term mean for the Middle East?

What will Trump’s Second Term mean for the Middle East?

Trabzon, Turkey (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The U.S. presidential elections are among the most consequential for the Middle East, second only to elections […]

Hamdullah Baycar

Iran
Saudi Arabia Pursues 'Cautious Detente' With Longtime Rival Iran despite Looming Trump 2.0

Saudi Arabia Pursues ‘Cautious Detente’ With Longtime Rival Iran despite Looming Trump 2.0

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL ) – Iran and Saudi Arabia have been bitter rivals for decades, vying to lead competing branches of Islam […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening Ocean Circulation, speeding up Warming down South

Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening Ocean Circulation, speeding up Warming down South

By Laurie Menviel, UNSW Sydney and Gabriel Pontes, UNSW Sydney (The Conversation) – A vast network of ocean currents nicknamed the “great global ocean conveyor […]

The Conversation

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“Gaza Yet Stands:”  Legendary Journalist Bob Scheer interviews Juan Cole on his new Book

“Gaza Yet Stands:” Legendary Journalist Bob Scheer interviews Juan Cole on his new Book

Legendary journalist Bob Scheer interviewed me about my new book, “Gaza Yet Stands,” for his Scheerpost radio program, which is also available at YouTube . […]

Juan Cole

Congress
Crackpot U.S. Senator Threatens to Invade Netherlands over ICC Warrants against Israel’s Netanyahu

Crackpot U.S. Senator Threatens to Invade Netherlands over ICC Warrants against Israel’s Netanyahu

( Middle East Monitor ) – US Senator, Tom Cotton, has threatened military action against the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it issued arrest warrants […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Will Washington pressure Ankara to reverse its anti-Israel actions? Turkey Turns Screws on Israel

Will Washington pressure Ankara to reverse its anti-Israel actions? Turkey Turns Screws on Israel

By Philip Balboni ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Since October 7, 2023, Turkey has occupied an awkward and uncertain role amid the ongoing […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Donald Trump
What could go Wrong? Some wealthy Jewish Americans risk alliance with Trump's White Christian Nationalism

What could go Wrong? Some wealthy Jewish Americans risk alliance with Trump’s White Christian Nationalism

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A small coterie of wealthy Jewish Americans are perversely giddy and glowing over convicted criminal Donald Trump’s […]

H. Scott Prosterman

International Criminal Court
The Int’l Criminal Court issues Arrest Warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, charging War Crimes

The Int’l Criminal Court issues Arrest Warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, charging War Crimes

By Catherine Gegout, University of Nottingham | – (The Conversation) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister, Benjamin […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
A Final Speech from the Great Disruptor (If only in my Dreams)

A Final Speech from the Great Disruptor (If only in my Dreams)

( Tomdispatch.com ) – My inbox is full of lament (and encouragement). My Instagram feed is full of anger and “the arc of the moral […]

Frida Berrigan

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