“Russia’s role in Iranian history since the nineteenth century is well known, to be sure. But especially for the period until World War I, it […]
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150 Killed in Battle for Yemen’s Hodeida as Millions Face Starvation
“There will be no victor in this war”
Macron’s Slam of Nationalism got it Right, but didn’t note Dehumanization
The old demons are resurging
Muslim Troops Helped Entente Win WW I, Shaped European Security
(Informed Comment) – As the world is marking the end of the First World War first centenary and remembering its millions of military and civilian […]
Putin’s biggest Fanboy in Congress, Rohrabacher, Defeated in bright Red District
Washington (AFP) – Representative Dana Rohrabacher, whose quixotic foreign policy campaigns made him persona non grata in Pakistan and Afghanistan and who became a rare […]
Netanyahu Defends allowing Qatar to Send millions in Aid to Gaza
Netanyahu said the Israeli security establishment supported the move
Haunted by the Hole where our Memories of the Afghanistan War Should Be
There are moments when it feels like I never left
The Qur’an and the Modern Self: A Heterotopia
The Qur’an has subsisted in the literature of Christian and post-Christian Europe and the Americas in a shifting borderland between self and other.
The Lessons of World War I– Don’t Trust Hateful Politicians like Trump
Trump is in Paris to commemorate the end of World War I, about which he knows almost nothing. The outbreak of that war in 1914 […]
Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand Timetable for US Troop Withdrawal
Iraqi MP Ahmad Al-Assadi, senior leader of the Iraqi Construction Alliance, revealed on Friday parliamentarian moves to pressure the Iraqi government to evict US forces […]