Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]
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Comey did it to himself & Us, by gutting Privacy, Encryption, & 4th Amendment
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In former FBI director James Comey’s interview with ABC News, he attempted to position himself as […]
Behind the Struggle with Mueller & Comey: Trump is the Triumph of Privilege over Law
By Martin Powers | (Informed Comment) | – – Frustration and bewilderment are common in media accounts of this administration’s expansive chaos. Even well educated […]
Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Campaign escalates into War of Missiles
Khalil Dewan @KhalilDewan | Middle East Monitor | – – As Mohammed Bin Salman’s global tour continues in a bid to stabilise Riyadh’s economy, his […]
Will Bolton and MEK pull an Iraq War-like Chalabi-type Scam on Iran?
By Nadejda K. Marinova (Author of Ask What You Can Do For Your (New) Country: How Host States Use Diasporas (Oxford University Press, 2017).[1] Informed […]
European Union: Turkey further than ever on Human Rights, Rule of Law
Middle East Monitor | – – Turkey will on Tuesday receive the European Commission’s most critical report since it launched its bid to join the […]
Trump can’t Actually care much about Syrians if he only let in 11 Refugees this Year
TeleSur | – – “We are seeing the impact of the Trump administration’s words and policy and actions that slams the door on refugees,” says […]
The Tragedy of American Great Power Moves on the Middle East: Trump Can, so he Will
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – As assumed, the US, the UK and France launched their coordinated airstrikes on Syria in the […]
Iraq on Syria Strikes: We’ve seen this Movie and it doesn’t End Well
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iraq’s foreign ministry came out strongly against the US, British and French missile strikes on Syria. […]
How the CIA’s secret torture program sparked a citizen-led public reckoning in North Carolina
By Alexandra Moore | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, is reported to have overseen a U.S. […]