Informed Comment

Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change

Climate change is at least somewhat implicated in the social dislocations that fuel terrorism in Somalia

Tensions have been building after mass nationwide protests in Iran last month, during which authorities launched a brutal crackdown

The international system today is not only defined by polarity but by dense interdependence. Energy chokepoints generate global conflict

If fossil fuels were competitive, Trump wouldn’t have to try so hard to stall permitting for new wind and solar projects

The edited clip of that speech ricocheted across social media, falsely suggesting

International support for a Palestinian state has never been stronger, but its territory is disappearing like sand in an hourglass

Children continue to be affected by airstrikes and the disruption of essential services, with 37 children reported killed since Jan. 1

Under pressure from local divestment campaigns, US states and municipalities that underwrote the genocide in Gaza are selling off Israeli bonds.

As Israel attempts to push the US into war with Iran, it’s worth considering how Tehran could retaliate