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

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela
Donald Trump

Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela

Juan Cole

The Bush administration attacked Iraq in 2003 without any foundation in international law.

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry spills into Africa

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry spills into Africa

01/04/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Could MAGA Split over Trump’s Revived Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America?

Could MAGA Split over Trump’s Revived Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America?

01/04/2026 By The Conversation

More Stories

Uncategorized
Hitchens No Journalist Insider Person

Hitchens No Journalist Insider Person

Hitchens “No Journalist”: Insider A person of long and wide experience with journalism and politics writes an interesting analysis of the Hitchens affair: ‘Hitchens has […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Dalila Case In Syria This Is Letter I

Dalila Case In Syria This Is Letter I

Dalila Case in Syria This is a letter I signed recently on behalf of the Committee for Academic Freedom in the Middle East and North […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Gold From Tomdispatch One Of Essential

Gold From Tomdispatch One Of Essential

Gold from Tomdispatch One of the essential websites for reality based journalism is Tomdispatch.com. It is always rich in commentary and reportage. But this week […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Americana Update Initial Fundraising

Americana Update Initial Fundraising

Americana Update The initial fundraising drive for the Global Americana Institute has been extremely rewarding. Thanks so much to everyone who has supported us. We […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Racial Mccarthyism On Right Redux

Racial Mccarthyism On Right Redux

Racial McCarthyism on the Right Redux A repeat and a reminder to let your academic friends know: “The petition I set up to defend John […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Bill Scher Importance Of Cole V

Bill Scher Importance Of Cole V

Bill Scher: The Importance of Cole v. Hitchens And, a Suggestion Bill Scher nails it. He also points out the MEMRI’s translation is close to […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
At Least 61 Dead In Iraq Civil War

At Least 61 Dead In Iraq Civil War

At Least 61 Dead in Iraq Civil War, Dozens Injured Censure Motion Against Iran Fails Another wave of violence washed over Iraq on Wednesday. A […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Cobban On Hitchens Helena Cobban Is

Cobban On Hitchens Helena Cobban Is

Cobban on Hitchens Helena Cobban is one of our great foreign affairs journalists. She has covered the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere for many years […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Hitchens Not Drunk Only Asinine Thief

Hitchens Not Drunk Only Asinine Thief

Hitchens not Drunk, Only an Asinine Thief I’m told Andrew Sullivan is saying that he was at Hitchens’s house when Hitchens stole my private mail […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2684
  • Page 2685
  • Page 2686
  • Page 2687
  • Page 2688
  • …
  • Page 3065
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Climate Crisis

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

The Conversation

Arab World

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

Middle East Monitor

Featured

The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (Review)

H. Patricia Hynes

Democratic Party

Mamdani: “For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it.”

Common Dreams

Popular

  • The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (Review)
  • Taking an Oath on the Qur'an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America
  • Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions
  • What "Loving-Kindness" Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year
  • Why is the United States Drawn to War?
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved