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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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Neoliberalism
"Free" Markets and the Attack on Democracy

“Free” Markets and the Attack on Democracy

The neoliberal deification of markets has many parents.

John Buell

Plutocracy
Our New Gilded Age and the Scandal of Constant Money Scandals

Our New Gilded Age and the Scandal of Constant Money Scandals

Then there are the dark money groups, which can receive financial contributions from any source, American or foreign.

Rajan Menon

Qur'an
On how Everything Sam Harris says about Islam is Wrong: Part 2 on “Unbelievers”

On how Everything Sam Harris says about Islam is Wrong: Part 2 on “Unbelievers”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This is the second installment in a series on Sam Harris’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad book, “The End […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Did the Same Saudi Hackers who Trapped Khashoggi Target Amazon's Bezos for Nude Photos?

Did the Same Saudi Hackers who Trapped Khashoggi Target Amazon’s Bezos for Nude Photos?

It has been alleged that the crown prince targeted expatriate Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in part because he had written critically about Trump

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkey's Erdogan Lost Key Cities in Paranoiac Campaign that ignored Sinking Economy

Turkey’s Erdogan Lost Key Cities in Paranoiac Campaign that ignored Sinking Economy

By Ihsan Yilmaz and Erdoan Shipoli | – Votes are still being counted in local elections that took place across Turkey on Sunday, but so […]

The Conversation

Climate Change
We Don't have a Global Emissions Problem, we Have a Rich Peoples' CO2 Problem

We Don’t have a Global Emissions Problem, we Have a Rich Peoples’ CO2 Problem

American congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently shook up environmental politics by releasing a broad outline of a Green New Deal

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Political Prisoners Face Severe Abuse: Report

Saudi Political Prisoners Face Severe Abuse: Report

The Kingdom is under heavy scrutiny following the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last October

Middle East Monitor

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Syrian Ambassador: Trump should give Israel the Carolinas, instead of Syria's Golan

Syrian Ambassador: Trump should give Israel the Carolinas, instead of Syria’s Golan

Jaafari said that the United States had completely ended any role for itself as a mediator in the region

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Great March of Return is a Turning Point in Palestinian Collective Memory

The Great March of Return is a Turning Point in Palestinian Collective Memory

People from all walks of life took part in what was dubbed the “Million Man March”

Middle East Monitor

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