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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Dem Presidential Hopeful Accuses “Racist” Israel of “Genocide”

Dem Presidential Hopeful Accuses “Racist” Israel of “Genocide”

A veteran US politician who has announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination for 2020 has described Israel as a “racist state” which […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
Bye Bye Miami: New Estimates Double Expected Sea Level rise to 6′

Bye Bye Miami: New Estimates Double Expected Sea Level rise to 6′

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sea level rise over the next 80 years may have been underestimated by the conservative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]

Juan Cole

journalism
Why Congress needs to empower the IRS to give nonprofit newspapers a green light

Why Congress needs to empower the IRS to give nonprofit newspapers a green light

By Magda Konieczna | – After nearly 150 years in business – as a business – The Salt Lake Tribune wants to become a nonprofit. […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Mission Accomplished?  Could US-Iran Conflict Tear Iraq Apart Again?

Mission Accomplished? Could US-Iran Conflict Tear Iraq Apart Again?

The US did to Iraq in reality what Daenarys Targaryen did to King’s Landing in the fictional Game of Thrones

Juan Cole

Iran
The Coming American Assault on Iran, Part II

The Coming American Assault on Iran, Part II

(Informed Comment) – One year ago, I wrote an article on the Trump administration’s plan for an attack on Iran. My evidence was based on […]

Tarek R. Dika

Iran
Why the Trump Admn.'s Confrontation with Iran will end Badly for . . . Trump

Why the Trump Admn.’s Confrontation with Iran will end Badly for . . . Trump

It’s hard to see how this conflict could end without the United States backing down or with a further dangerous escalation

The Conversation

Latin America
We are here because you were there: Refugees at the US-Mexican Border

We are here because you were there: Refugees at the US-Mexican Border

(Informed Comment) – Why would so many Guatemalans make the arduous journey to the US-Mexican border seeking refuge, knowing the hatred heaped on them by […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Madonna, Iceland's Hatari, Display Palestinian Flags at Eurovision in Israel

Madonna, Iceland’s Hatari, Display Palestinian Flags at Eurovision in Israel

TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — Hatari, Iceland’s heavy metal Eurovision act, drew boos from the audience when the band held up banners featuring the Palestinian flag […]

Maan News Agency

Donald Trump
Iranian Leaders cool Tensions with US, Insist that no War is on Horizon

Iranian Leaders cool Tensions with US, Insist that no War is on Horizon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s clerical Leader, Ali Khamenei threw cold water on the idea of a miitary conflict between Iran and the US. […]

Juan Cole

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