Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
Asia

While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit

Neil Thompson

Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

09/11/2025 By Juan Cole

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

09/11/2025 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

More Stories

Israel/ Palestine
South Africa Embassy in Israel downgrades Relations over Apartheid

South Africa Embassy in Israel downgrades Relations over Apartheid

South Africa has downgraded its embassy to Israel, the first phase in reducing diplomatic relations between the two countries at the request of South Africa’s […]

Middle East Monitor

Libya
Gen. Hiftar's Drive to Take all of Libya Raises Atrocity Concerns

Gen. Hiftar’s Drive to Take all of Libya Raises Atrocity Concerns

Hiftar’s Forces, Rival Militias Have History of Abuses

Human Rights Watch

Islam
Spirituality without Prophets: Ibn Tufayl and the story of the feral child of philosophy

Spirituality without Prophets: Ibn Tufayl and the story of the feral child of philosophy

Hayy concludes that persuading people away from their ‘natural’ stations would only corrupt them further.

contributors

Featured
Why Designating the Iranian Rev. Guards Terrorists would paint a big Red Target On US Troops in Iraq

Why Designating the Iranian Rev. Guards Terrorists would paint a big Red Target On US Troops in Iraq

The notion is illogical because the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is a state actor, not a non-state actor.

Juan Cole

Featured
Florida PL's Huge Solar Battery will make as much Electricity as half a Nuclear Plant

Florida PL’s Huge Solar Battery will make as much Electricity as half a Nuclear Plant

The batteries are now so cheap that it would actually save utilities money if they used them with solar farms compared to just going on on running old coal plants

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Our Oil, Gas and Chemicals are Threatening a Catastrophic Failure of Earth's Global Systems: That is What Killed off the Dinosaurs

Our Oil, Gas and Chemicals are Threatening a Catastrophic Failure of Earth’s Global Systems: That is What Killed off the Dinosaurs

If pushed far enough, global systems can evidently collapse into a death-spiral

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Why the Palestinians' Gaza Protests Won't Stop

Why the Palestinians’ Gaza Protests Won’t Stop

Despite Carnage, Palestinians Continue to Demand Their Rights

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Israel demolishes al-Araqib Bedouin village for 142nd time

Israel demolishes al-Araqib Bedouin village for 142nd time

Like the 34 other Bedouin villages “unrecognized” by Israel, al-Araqib does not receive any services from the Israeli government

Maan News Agency

Featured
Congress Slaps down Trump-Saudi War on Yemen

Congress Slaps down Trump-Saudi War on Yemen

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The House of Representatives voted Thursday 247 to 175 to end the US involvement in supporting the Saudi-led war effort […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 967
  • Page 968
  • Page 969
  • Page 970
  • Page 971
  • …
  • Page 3025
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Featured

Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators’ Offices in Qatar

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis

Why Conflict Refugees are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Risks

The Conversation

Christianity

Is Trump Christian America’s Golden Calf?

Liz Theoharis

Featured

How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

Popular

  • Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators' Offices in Qatar
  • Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children's Health
  • Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance
  • Morocco Produces 1 gigawatt of Solar Panels Annually, as it turns to Floatovoltaics
  • Trump as a Slow-Motion Apocalypse
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved