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Israel, Palestine, Gaza, West Bank October 2024-
The unrealized potential of Palestinian oil and gas reserves Oil and natural gas resources in the occupied Palestinian t ...
U.S. – Israel/Gaza August 2024 –
A New Policy advocates for U.S. policies toward the Middle East that advance American national interests and values. A N ...
Iran April 2025-
Iran February 2024-April 2025 25-26 April What’s at stake in the Iran-U.S. nuclear talks. (NYT) A third round of talks ...
Israel 2024-
The pre-IDF brigades: Haganah, Irgun, and Lehi (Stern Gang) were three Jewish Clandestine semi-militaristic units in Man ...
Turkey/Turkiye July 2023 –
22-30 March Turkish opposition leader calls for weekly rallies and deeper economic boycott Özgür Özel expands call to ...
Middle East & Arab World Lebanon/Hezbollah/Israel November 2024-
Israel conducts first strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs since truce Israel said it hit Hezbollah drone storage i ...
Iran February 2024-April 2025
Institute for the Study of War: Iran Update, October 29, 2023 Iran is home to one of the oldest empires in the world, th ...
ISIS/ISIL/DAESH 2019-
What ISIS Really Wants The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully co ...
Syria December 2024 –
Syria A Visual Guide to the Tangled Alliances and Rivalries in Syria 10 March Syrian Government Signs Breakthrough Deal ...
Middle East & Arab World June 2024-
Middle East & Arab World March 2023-June 2024 Arab Barometer 4 March Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump ...
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China: economy, government, governance
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Elon Musk, Trump, DOGE and MAGA
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
May 11, 2022, Comments Off on SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022 -
Wednesday Night #1974
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…