Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]
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Putin’s Medieval Romanticism and Russia’s Lurch Right
Dina Khapaeva | (Project Syndicate) | – – As much of the world makes amends for social and political injustices of the past, Russia is […]
US counter terror air strikes doubled in Trump’s first year
Jessica Purkiss , Jack Serle , Abigail Fielding-Smith | ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | – – The number of US air strikes jumped […]
America’s Biggest Mideast Foreign Policy Challenges in 2018
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In some ways, the United States faces a more favorable foreign policy environment in 2018 than […]
Are Iran’s protests Economic or Political?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Neoconservative poobah Elliott Abrams slammed the New York Times for headlining an article about the Iran […]
Israeli Ruling Party Votes to Annex West Bank and Seize Last Palestinian Lands
TeleSur | – – “This is a historic event that we have been waiting for,” an extremist member of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud Party said. […]
Soldiers of Peace: How to Wield the Weapon of Nonviolence With Maximum Force
H. Patricia Hynes, Review of Paul K. Chappell, Soldiers of Peace (Easton Studio Press, 2017) Author and prominent peace educator Paul Chappell observed that he […]
Can Corporate Power Be Controlled in the Age of Trump? Steps Toward a Constructive Liberal-Left Alliance
By G. William Domhoff |( Who Rules America?) | – – Based in good part on findings within the subfield of sociology known as power […]
Top 5 Signs Trump doesn’t Actually Care about Iranian Protesters
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump has tweeted as though he cares about the welfare of the Iranian protesters in small […]
When Companies Deny Climate Science, Their Workers Pay
General Electric doubled down on coal. Now, 12,000 workers are paying the price.