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Archives for April 2018

Inequality
Why has the GOP grown the Military-Industrial Complex but slashed Human Security?

Why has the GOP grown the Military-Industrial Complex but slashed Human Security?

H. Patricia Hynes

The US has the highest rate of maternal deaths of any industrial country & we are the “child poverty capital”

Banking
A coming Crash? Massive Bank deregulation and a Trump-appointed Fed: What could go Wrong?

A coming Crash? Massive Bank deregulation and a Trump-appointed Fed: What could go Wrong?

contributors

Trump has appointed more members of the Fed board than any president since Woodrow Wilson

Democracy
Tunisian women hit campaign trail as equals to men

Tunisian women hit campaign trail as equals to men

contributors

The 2011 Tunisian Revolution resulted in a constitution that recognizes the equality of women and men (even the US doesn’t have that)

China
Russia and China slam Trump-Macron Push to Renegotiate Iran Deal

Russia and China slam Trump-Macron Push to Renegotiate Iran Deal

Juan Cole

Moscow and Beijing value Iran’s Role in Syria, plan arms sales to Tehran

Iraq War
Iraqi Oil for Israel?  15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War

Iraqi Oil for Israel? 15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War

contributors

By Gary Vogler | ( University of Kansas Press Blog) | – – April 24 marks the 15th anniversary of my initial entry into Baghdad as the senior oil advisor to retired Lieutenant General Jay Garner, our US government civilian leader in Iraq. It was the beginning of my six plus years in Iraq working […]

Syria
Syrian Gov’t Secures Capital, takes E Qalamoun from Saudi-backed ‘Army of Islam’

Syrian Gov’t Secures Capital, takes E Qalamoun from Saudi-backed ‘Army of Islam’

contributors

Displaced fundamentalists flee to Afrin, settled by Turkey in anti-Kurdish security Belt near Border

China
China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

contributors

The difference is that the Chinese Communist Party Cares and our Capitalists do not.

Ottoman Empire
Turkish Youth, WW I’s Gallipoli Battle, and the Secular-Religious Divide

Turkish Youth, WW I’s Gallipoli Battle, and the Secular-Religious Divide

contributors

The Secular Legacy of Kemal Ataturk is increasingly embattled in Erdogan’s Turkey

Featured
Macron and Trump talk new Iran Deal, but is it Pie in the Sky?

Macron and Trump talk new Iran Deal, but is it Pie in the Sky?

Juan Cole

Macron wants to add the Syria issue to negotiations with Iran, which may be a deal breaker

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