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Archives for May 2018

Featured
How Peak Hype crashed Trump's N Korea Summit/ Nobel Peace Prize

How Peak Hype crashed Trump’s N Korea Summit/ Nobel Peace Prize

Juan Cole

The summit was poorly conceived and badly planned, attended with Trumpian snake oil and hype

Pakistan
To Fight Talibanism, Pakistan finally gives Rights to People in Tribal Areas

To Fight Talibanism, Pakistan finally gives Rights to People in Tribal Areas

Sajjad Tarakzai

Pakistan’s restive tribal areas may finally be allowed to enter the political mainstream

Israel/ Palestine
Why the Youth of Gaza Protest: It is their Squalid Open Air Prison, not Hamas

Why the Youth of Gaza Protest: It is their Squalid Open Air Prison, not Hamas

Reese Erlich

Conditions in Gaza are inhumane and continue to deteriorate

Donald Trump
Should Trump Have the Discretion to Murder at Will? His Drones Are at It

Should Trump Have the Discretion to Murder at Will? His Drones Are at It

Rebecca Gordon

The post-9/11 Authorization for the Use of Military Force is still used as justification for an expanding drone program

Syria
Syria’s New Map: War Has Created Ethnic Cantons, Massively Displaced Communities

Syria’s New Map: War Has Created Ethnic Cantons, Massively Displaced Communities

Maya Gebeily

Many of the displaced say they have no home to go back to. Turkey has resettled Arab fundamentalists in former Kurdish villages.

Featured
Khamenei, in reply to Trump, gives Europe 6-point Ultimatum on Nuclear Deal

Khamenei, in reply to Trump, gives Europe 6-point Ultimatum on Nuclear Deal

Juan Cole

Leader reserves right to begin enriching uranium to 19.75% again

Israel/ Palestine
Wrong: Netanyahu thinks Massive Israeli PR can cover up Occupation & end of Peace Process

Wrong: Netanyahu thinks Massive Israeli PR can cover up Occupation & end of Peace Process

Paul Duffill

Following the 2009 Gaza conflict, Israeli officials declared a plan to “show Israel’s prettier face” overseas

Saudi Arabia
Saudis to let women drive but Jail a dozen Women’s Rights Activists

Saudis to let women drive but Jail a dozen Women’s Rights Activists

AFP

The crackdown has cast a shadow on the kingdom’s much-publicised liberalisation drive

racism
Ethnic hostility is contagious: Czech-Slovak study

Ethnic hostility is contagious: Czech-Slovak study

AFP

The study pointed out a significant influence of peers in decision-making on doing harm to minority groups

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