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“A Toothpick in a Tsunami”: US Big Oil Faces Bankruptcy as Prices Plunge 30% on Saudi Expansion
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“A Toothpick in a Tsunami”: US Big Oil Faces Bankruptcy as Prices Plunge 30% on Saudi Expansion

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Oil prices plummeted by 30% on Monday morning in Asia on news that Saudi Arabia intended actually to cut its […]

Could Instability in Lebanon Further Strengthen Hezbollah, or Will the Sectarian order Collapse?
Fundamentalism

Could Instability in Lebanon Further Strengthen Hezbollah, or Will the Sectarian order Collapse?

Tareq A. Ramadan

Feeling the Bern?  Why Trump is Terrified of having to go up Against Sanders
Bernie Sanders

Feeling the Bern? Why Trump is Terrified of having to go up Against Sanders

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Will DC’s Neoliberal Model of Drug Costing Finally Kill Us All?  Why is there even a debate on whether any Coronavirus Vaccine Should be Free?

Will DC’s Neoliberal Model of Drug Costing Finally Kill Us All? Why is there even a debate on whether any Coronavirus Vaccine Should be Free?

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Why is there even a question as to whether any Cov19 vaccine or diagnostic test kit should […]

John Buell

Arab Americans
With Bernie Sanders in Dearborn, Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans take the Political Stage

With Bernie Sanders in Dearborn, Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans take the Political Stage

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bernie Sanders’ rally at Dearborn, Michigan with a crowd that included Arab-Americans, on stage and off, was a frontal attack […]

Juan Cole

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How the US could Restart Negotiations with Iran

How the US could Restart Negotiations with Iran

(Special to Informed Comment) – Trump‘ s policy of exerting maximum pressure on Iran, highly provocative targeting of Quds Force General Qassem Suleimani, non-recognition of […]

Thomas Buonomo

Green Transportation
Germany set to overtake China as Market Leader for Electric Cars in 2021 with Nearly 2 mn. to be Produced

Germany set to overtake China as Market Leader for Electric Cars in 2021 with Nearly 2 mn. to be Produced

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – German carmakers VW, BMW and Daimler are set to overtake Chinese rivals to become global […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Between Libya and the Deep Blue Sea: How migrant rescuers are making history in the Mediterranean

Between Libya and the Deep Blue Sea: How migrant rescuers are making history in the Mediterranean

By Bryan Farrell (Waging Nonviolence) – While governments fail to meet basic humanitarian requirements, rescue organizations like Sea-Watch are taking life-saving action on the frontlines […]

Waging Nonviolence

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Seeking Absolute Power in Saudi Arabia, Bin Salman engineers Arrest of Rivals, including former Crown Prince

Seeking Absolute Power in Saudi Arabia, Bin Salman engineers Arrest of Rivals, including former Crown Prince

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Glen Carey and Vivian Nereim at Bloomberg report that the Saudi government has arrested former crown prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Why Mike Pence is the Worst Choice to Lead a Coronavirus Response

Why Mike Pence is the Worst Choice to Lead a Coronavirus Response

( Otherwords.org ) -The former Indiana governor presided over the state’s worst ever HIV outbreak. His ignorance made it worse. A year after Trump took […]

Jill Richardson

Bashar al-Assad
Are Syria’s Social Media Meme Wars the Face of Modern Warfare?

Are Syria’s Social Media Meme Wars the Face of Modern Warfare?

( Middle East Monitor) – Social media continues to influence our perception of conflicts around the world, though rapid updates around the clock on developments […]

Omar Ahmed

Afghanistan
Trump may want out of Afghanistan, but this so-called “Peace Deal” with Taliban isn’t Likely to Succeed

Trump may want out of Afghanistan, but this so-called “Peace Deal” with Taliban isn’t Likely to Succeed

By Madhav Joshi | – After 18 months of negotiations, the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace deal on Feb. 29. It is expected […]

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