By Stasa Salacanin | – Reinstated sanctions on Iran have brought a new complexity to Tehran’s relations with those countries which supported the deal, especially Russia. A new reality has forced both countries to face tough decisions, testing the strength of their bilateral partnership. Many assume that Tehran, facing maximum pressure and isolation, does not […]
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How the Iran Nuclear Deal, Dumped by Trump, had Contained Iran’s Enrichment
By Miles A. Pomper | – Editor’s note: Iranian leaders have threatened to withdraw from a 2015 agreement that limits their nation’s nuclear activities. Under the deal, the United States and five other world powers lifted economic sanctions they had imposed to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. But President Trump removed the U.S. from […]
No, Neocons, it Isn’t Always 1939, and WW II wasn’t such a ‘Good War’
(Tomdispatch.com) – How best to describe the recently completed allied commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France? Two words come immediately to mind: heartfelt and poignant. The aged D-Day veterans gathering for what was probably the last time richly deserved every bit of praise bestowed on them. Yet one particular refrain […]
Back from Iran War Brink: Trump wants to Walk back Iran Crisis that He created with Severe US Sanctions
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The warmongers on Trump’s national security team apparently convinced him to set in motion an aerial strike against Iran Thursday in retaliation for the downing of a US drone over waters claimed by Iran. Then at the last minute, Michael D. Shear, Eric Schmitt, Michael Crowley and Maggie Haberman at […]
Yes, Liz Cheney, AOC is right that US is Running Concentration Camps for Refugees
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been under fire for an Instagram message she sent out in which she characterized the holding facilities for refugees and other undocumented entrants into the US run by ICE and by private companies (for which it is a $2 billion a year industry) as “concentration camps.” Human […]
UN Investigator Seeks Criminal Probe of Khashoggi Murder, Accusing Saudi Crown Prince
Top Rights Body Should Monitor Saudi Abuses
Kushner’s Bahrain conference collapsing–No Palestine, Israel Officials, charges of attempting to Buy off Palestinians
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt has stated that next week’s Bahrain economic workshop is the first part of the United State’s peace plan known as “Deal of the Century.” Greenblatt has also emphasized to the Israeli news agency “i24NEWS” that the workshop will be concidsered as “apolitical” due to the Palestinian […]
America’s Suicide Epidemic is Hitting Trump’s Base Hard
(Tomdispatch.com) – We hear a lot about suicide when celebrities like Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade die by their own hand. Otherwise, it seldom makes the headlines. That’s odd given the magnitude of the problem. In 2017, 47,173 Americans killed themselves. In that single year, in other words, the suicide count was nearly seven times […]
Solar Growing by leaps and Bounds in India, fueling Irrigation and Jobs
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Solar energy is one of the fastest-growing energy sectors in the world, and has the great advantage of producing no carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is raising the average surface temperature of the earth. India is now for the first time in history investing more in solar energy than […]
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