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Türkiye and Saudi Arabia seek Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella against Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The new

The Age of Nuclear Destruction Began 81 Years Ago -- With Lies. It Could End the Same Way

( Mitchell Zimmerman Substack ) - The atomic age began with a lie. Eighty-one years ago t...

China's Peaceful Rise to Green Dominance leaves Trump in the (Carbon) Dust

( Tom Engelhardt Substack ) - It wasn’t so very long ago that there were three great powers reas...

West Bank: Israel Delaying Palestinian Ambulances Risks Lives

Human Rights Watch - (Beirut) –

Applying the Lessons of Ireland to Iran

By Owen Kirby (

The Surprising History of Warm Iranian-Jewish Relations

Berkshire (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) - After the massive US and Israeli attacks on Iran on 28 February 2026, the second attack in th…

On the Anniversary of the Nakba, Palestinians have never been in more Peril

by Ahmed A...

International Activists confront Israeli impunity in the West Bank

By providing a “protective presence” in the West Bank, international activists hope to deter unprecedented settler attacks.

Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - France, the United Kingdom and Germany (the "E3") on Thursday sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council ask…

The Rift over Gaza between Israel and Western Allies Deepens: Macron v. Netanyahu

By Imran Khalid | - ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) - It took nearly a year for French President Emmanuel Macron to ...

A Tale of two Femicides: Remembering Victims in Iraq and Italy on Int'l Women's Day

San Marco, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) - In early February 2023 a 22-year-old Iraqi YouTube star, Tiba Al-Ali was strangled by he…

The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams: Why Biden Should not Appoint Him

Ariel Gold and

Turkey's Erdogan abruptly lifts veto on Sweden in NATO: What it means for the Alliance and Ukraine War

Simon J Smith, Staffordshire University and Jordan Becker, United States Military Academy West Point | - In a surprise move, Turkey

Barcelona, Liège, Oslo: The Movement to Boycott Illegal Israeli Squatters in Palestine moves to Municipalities

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and …

Top 4 Pieces of Sexual Harassment that Brought us to the Kavanaugh Debacle

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - I would argue that it is no accident that yet another

Top 3 Charges on which John Bolton should be Tried at Int'l Criminal Court

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - National Security Adviser John Bolton appears to be spiraling down into the same miasma of madness that possesses…

Calls grow in Germany to Expel US Ambassador who Aims to Empower Hard Right

Berlin (AFP) - A member of the German government on Tuesday accused the new US ambassador in Berlin of meddling in domestic politics and aggrava…

Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?

By Ludovica Marchi | (LSE: British Politics and Policy) | - - Violence in Myanmar has resulted in more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims leaving the…