Book Review: Vali Nasr, “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History”, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Islamic Republic […]
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]
America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?
( Middle East Monitor ) – US foreign policy in the Middle East appears to be adrift, no longer guided by fixed strategies or clear […]
Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace
By Matt Fitzpatrick, Flinders University (The Conversation) – In the late 1960s, the prevailing opinion among Israeli Shin Bet intelligence officers was that the key […]
An Iranian-American View: Tehran will Never Surrender
Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. –Rumi Like the rest of the world, I […]
Recycling Solar Panels will Reduce Waste, but We Should Repair and Reuse First
By Deepika Mathur, Charles Darwin University and Robin Gregory, Charles Darwin University (The Conversation) – Australia’s rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory […]
Congress Considers War Powers Resolution Rejecting an Iran War
( Code Pink) – On Monday, June 16, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation, a War Powers Resolution, to prevent President Trump from using military […]
Iraqi Shiites Demand Expulsion of US Troops after Israel Attacks Iran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli-Iranian War of 2025 has put Iraq in an extremely difficult situation. The country’s Shiite majority sympathizes with Iran […]
American Spring? How nonviolent Protest in the US is Accelerating
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful. Erica […]
Approaching the End of Liberal Internationalism: Will America Ever Rejoin the International Community?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – “We’re back,” I tell the room. It’s January 21, 2029, and I can barely contain my excitement. “America is back!” I […]
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