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

Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran
Donald Trump

Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran

Mohammad Eslami

Netanyahu traveled to Florida for an extended meeting with President Donald Trump, and the conversation focused heavily on Iran

Juan Cole Fundraiser
DONATED:$26,747
SUPPORTERS:326
TARGET:$30,000
REMAINING:$3,253
“A door to which I found no key:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:32

“A door to which I found no key:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:32

12/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

12/31/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

More Stories

Syria
Jordan, Overwhelmed by Syrian Refugees, Opens a New Camp

Jordan, Overwhelmed by Syrian Refugees, Opens a New Camp

Jordan has received about 600,000 Syrian refugees from the civil war raging in the latter country. It has now been constrained to open a second […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran’s Presidential Election Heats up as Reformist Rowhani Enters Race (Jahanpour)

Iran’s Presidential Election Heats up as Reformist Rowhani Enters Race (Jahanpour)

Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The next crucial round of Iranian presidential elections will be held on 14 June 2013. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank (McCauley)

Israel’s ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank (McCauley)

Lauren McCauley writes at Common Dreams A new report on Israel’s water grab in the occupied West Bank links the widespread deprivation of Palestinian water […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
CNN, John Kerry falsely try to tie Iran to North Korea Nuclear Crisis

CNN, John Kerry falsely try to tie Iran to North Korea Nuclear Crisis

It was only a matter of time before the US mainstream media struck back against Kim Jong Un’s diversion of Washington’s attention from Iran to […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Earthquake Near Bushehr Nuclear Plants in Iran Kills 37

Earthquake Near Bushehr Nuclear Plants in Iran Kills 37

On Tuesday, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Kaki, 80 km from Bushehr, the site of Iran’s nuclear power generators, which are due to go online […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Working America’s 40-year Decline (Garson)

Working America’s 40-year Decline (Garson)

Barbara Garson writes at Tomdispatch.com If you had to date the Great Recession, you might say it started in September 2008 when Lehman Brothers vaporized […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Syrian Economy: Stock Market Paralyzed, Insane Poultry and Meat Prices

Syrian Economy: Stock Market Paralyzed, Insane Poultry and Meat Prices

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases Syrian news items on the economy of the war-torn country: Syrian Economic Roundup 01 – 07 Apr […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Jon Stewart’s Satire on N. Korea goes Viral in China (Fisher)

Jon Stewart’s Satire on N. Korea goes Viral in China (Fisher)

The intrepid Max Fisher of WaPo reports that Jon Stewart’s Daily Show satire of North Korea’s menacing statements went viral in China, garnering 2.3 million […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Syria:  Car Bombing Kills 15 in Damascus as Regime Launches Massive Counter-Attack

Syria: Car Bombing Kills 15 in Damascus as Regime Launches Massive Counter-Attack

A car bomb killed at least 15 persons in downtown Damascus on Monday and wounded over 60. It is not clear if the bombing is […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2069
  • Page 2070
  • Page 2071
  • Page 2072
  • Page 2073
  • …
  • Page 3064
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Iraq

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump

Trump’s Strike on Nigeria: Joint with Muslim President, Unconstitutional, Useless Posturing for Evangelicals

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

The Gaza Genocide was not a One-Off: The Blueprint is There to be Repeated

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis

The Real Threat: U.S. Spending to Combat Climate Change has been Swallowed by the Pentagon

OtherWords

Popular

  • The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025: The US and the Middle East
  • Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt's 'The Israel Lobby'
  • 2025 Climate Good News: Sustainables met all new Demand, EVs 25% of New Car Sales, Global Heating Projections fell to 2.8º C.
  • In the Global Race for Electric Vehicle Dominance, the US is Falling Way Behind
  • Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved