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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Juan Cole

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

09/19/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Green Transportation
Saudi Aramco Worried Electric Cars 'Could Result in Substantial Costs'

Saudi Aramco Worried Electric Cars ‘Could Result in Substantial Costs’

The world’s largest oil producer made more money than Apple and Alphabet combined last year, but the company sees litigation and clean tech as threats

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Trump called Libya's Hiftar, Backed Warlord's Press to Conquer whole Country

Trump called Libya’s Hiftar, Backed Warlord’s Press to Conquer whole Country

President contradicted his secretary of defense

Juan Cole

Archaeology
Medieval Crusaders in Levant Married, Recruited Locals, DNA shows

Medieval Crusaders in Levant Married, Recruited Locals, DNA shows

In the pitt, three were Europeans, four were Near Easterners, and the two had European ancestry but with less West European markers.

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Climate Change
Going Green has to be Systemic & Legislated: "Personal Responsibility" is a Corporate Dodge

Going Green has to be Systemic & Legislated: “Personal Responsibility” is a Corporate Dodge

If environmental solutions aren’t systemic, living green will always mean going against the grain — and usually failing.

Jill Richardson

Colonialism
How Colonialists Led the Way to our Environmental Crisis of Over-Exploitation

How Colonialists Led the Way to our Environmental Crisis of Over-Exploitation

Our understanding of colonialism is often limited to simple ideas about what we think colonialism looked like in the past

The Conversation

Corruption
The Seychelles Plot:  Mueller on the UAE Role in Russian Influence-Peddling with Trump and Kushner

The Seychelles Plot: Mueller on the UAE Role in Russian Influence-Peddling with Trump and Kushner

The Mueller report sheds further light on the infamous Seychelles meeting in January, 2017, which appears to have aimed at establishing a back channel for […]

Juan Cole

Sudan
How Women are leading the Sudanese Revolution

How Women are leading the Sudanese Revolution

In 2017, 24 women were arrested for wearing trousers

Global Voices

Christianity
Why Good Friday was Dangerous for Jews in the Middle Ages and how that Changed

Why Good Friday was Dangerous for Jews in the Middle Ages and how that Changed

By Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski | – As Christians observe Good Friday they will remember, with devotion and prayer, the death of Jesus on the Cross. It […]

The Conversation

Education
De-Funding the Great American School System for the 1%

De-Funding the Great American School System for the 1%

(Tomdispatch.com) – Three weeks ago, I sat in a cramped conference room in the large public high school where I teach in Beaverton, Oregon. I […]

Belle Chesler

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The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

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The Middle East faces Climate Breakdown, but its Media ignores it

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