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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Climate Change has deep historical Roots – Amitav Ghosh explores how Capitalism and Colonialism fit in

Climate Change has deep historical Roots – Amitav Ghosh explores how Capitalism and Colonialism fit in

By Julia Taylor, University of the Witwatersrand and Imraan Valodia, University of the Witwatersrand | – (The Conversation) – Amitav Ghosh is an internationally celebrated […]

The Conversation

Health Care
200 UN Teams Begin Drive to immunize 600K Palestinian Children in Gaza, Warn that Ceasefire is Essential

200 UN Teams Begin Drive to immunize 600K Palestinian Children in Gaza, Warn that Ceasefire is Essential

UN News reports that the initial stage of a UN-led polio immunization initiative commenced Sunday in the central regions of Gaza. The undertaking aims to […]

Juan Cole

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India outstrips Japan in Solar Energy

India outstrips Japan in Solar Energy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The energy consultancy Ember reports that the growth in solar production in India was 5.9% in 2023, which outstripped the […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Tech Giants criticized for Silencing Pro-Palestinian Narratives

Tech Giants criticized for Silencing Pro-Palestinian Narratives

Written byWalid El Houri Read this post in Malagasy, українська, عربي, English, Ελληνικά ( Globalvoices.org ) – The ongoing suppression of Palestinian voices on social […]

Global Voices

Iran
Is Iran’s anti-Israel and -American Rhetoric all Bark and no Bite?

Is Iran’s anti-Israel and -American Rhetoric all Bark and no Bite?

(The Conversation) – On August 27, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told the newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and […]

Shahram Akbarzadeh

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Israeli PM Netanyahu says Recovering Hostages not a Priority, Occupies Philadelphi Corridor Instead

Israeli PM Netanyahu says Recovering Hostages not a Priority, Occupies Philadelphi Corridor Instead

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bilal Daher of the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports on Thursday evening’s knock-down, drag-out fight between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
Lebanon has made Survival an Art Form, after decades of War and Unrest

Lebanon has made Survival an Art Form, after decades of War and Unrest

By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – I first visited Lebanon in 1978, three years into the civil war and six […]

The Conversation

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Rebuking New York University for trying to Outlaw Criticism of Israel by Conflating Zionism with Judaism

Rebuking New York University for trying to Outlaw Criticism of Israel by Conflating Zionism with Judaism

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Linda G. Mills President, New York University linda.mills@nyu.edu   Georgina Dopico Provost, New York […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Muslims’ favorability Rating Falls this Year among Americans, as Gaza casts a Shadow and Biden spreads Misinformation

Muslims’ favorability Rating Falls this Year among Americans, as Gaza casts a Shadow and Biden spreads Misinformation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The University of Maryland issued a report this summer on a Critical Issues Poll that found an alarming rise in […]

Juan Cole

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