Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

HerStory: Feminism is the Route to Peace
Featured

HerStory: Feminism is the Route to Peace

H. Patricia Hynes

Young people in more than 60 countries were taught about preserving nature and how to work for environmental good in their communities

“How many Kisses might it take:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:35

“How many Kisses might it take:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:35

02/01/2026 By Juan Cole

How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran could Provoke a wider Conflict

How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran could Provoke a wider Conflict

02/01/2026 By Paul Rogers

More Stories

Uncategorized
Muqtada Calls Voting an Act of Defiance against the US

Muqtada Calls Voting an Act of Defiance against the US

In an apparent bid to divide Shiites and Sunnis on the eve of Sunday’s parliamentary election, guerrillas on Saturday morning set off a bomb only […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Al-Hayat: Main Iraqi Party Alliances in Sunday’s Election

Al-Hayat: Main Iraqi Party Alliances in Sunday’s Election

The USG Open Source Center translates a guide to the main party coalitions in the March 7 elections in Iraq Report Lists Main Iraqi Alliances […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
14 Killed in Special Election Day Attacks in Baghdad; Expats begin Voting today; US Withdawal Likely on Course

14 Killed in Special Election Day Attacks in Baghdad; Expats begin Voting today; US Withdawal Likely on Course

Iraq’s campaign season will come to an end Friday evening, in preparation for the voting on Sunday. But a special vote was held Thursday for […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Bzzz. That’s just wrong, on Health Care Reform

Bzzz. That’s just wrong, on Health Care Reform

The invented Republican/ Foxy News talking point du jour is that the Democrats intend to ‘ram health care reform down our throats’ even though ‘the […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Harper’s A history of the Iraq war, told entirely in lies

Harper’s A history of the Iraq war, told entirely in lies

The revision thing: A history of the Iraq war, told entirely in lies—By Sam Smith (Harper's Magazine) Or, a preview of the Rove, Bush & […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Chalabi met Iran Quds Brigade commander; Voting begins in Iraq; Sadr’s warrant an Error

Chalabi met Iran Quds Brigade commander; Voting begins in Iraq; Sadr’s warrant an Error

Al-Sharq al-Awsat says that it has gotten hold of an American intelligence document detailing undue Iranian influence in Iraq and in the Iraqi elections. The […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
3 Bombings in Baquba kill 16; Arrest Warrant for Sadr

3 Bombings in Baquba kill 16; Arrest Warrant for Sadr

On Wednesday morning, three suicide bombers attacked the HQ of the provincial government, a police station, and a hospital in Baquba, the capital of Diyala […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Al-Maliki in BBC Interview: No need for US Combat Troops after Election, Would require renegotiating SOFA

Al-Maliki in BBC Interview: No need for US Combat Troops after Election, Would require renegotiating SOFA

The public affairs office of the US Embassy in London put out this Spot Report via its Media Outreach Center -London Hub March 2, 2010. […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Tensions between Kurds and Arabs in Northern Iraq; US Killing sparks protest in Diyala; Al-Maliki will Seek Coalition Partners in Parliament

Tensions between Kurds and Arabs in Northern Iraq; US Killing sparks protest in Diyala; Al-Maliki will Seek Coalition Partners in Parliament

Political violence spiked in Iraq during February ahead of the March 7 elections, with an 80% increase in deaths and casualties over January of this […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2354
  • Page 2355
  • Page 2356
  • Page 2357
  • Page 2358
  • …
  • Page 3075
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Featured

The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting

Juan Cole

Iran

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis

All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

Popular

  • All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
  • The Israeli Military's Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting
  • Fossil Fuels are Doomed -- and Trump can't Save them
  • Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change
  • The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved