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Middle East
From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically
The international system today is not only defined by polarity but by dense interdependence. Energy chokepoints generate global conflict
Who Fears the Truth? The Deep Fake Campaign to Silence Francesca Albanese on the Gaza Genocide
The edited clip of that speech ricocheted across social media, falsely suggesting
The Disappearance of Palestine
International support for a Palestinian state has never been stronger, but its territory is disappearing like sand in an hourglass
Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”
Children continue to be affected by airstrikes and the disruption of essential services, with 37 children reported killed since Jan. 1
How 3 local BDS campaigns won the divestment of millions in Israeli bonds
Under pressure from local divestment campaigns, US states and municipalities that underwrote the genocide in Gaza are selling off Israeli bonds.
Iran has more Options up its sleeve than Trump and Netanyahu Assume
As Israel attempts to push the US into war with Iran, it’s worth considering how Tehran could retaliate
UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman
Francesca Albanese stands head and shoulders with the great Nobel-Prize women. Women won for her dedication to international peace
“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37
Like cascading waters, or a desert squall another day of my life has fled.
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