London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]
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The rise and rise of Iran: How Tehran has become pivotal to the future of the Middle East
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (The Conversation) | – – Iran and the US are once again on a dangerous collision course. President Trump’s search for […]
The only Winners around Trump are the People who messed up the Mideast
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – It was bloody and brutal, a true generational struggle, but give them credit. In the end, […]
“If he only had a Heart”: Trump as empty Kettle (Cartoon)
Paul Jamiol | Jamiol’s World Cartoons | – – Via Jamiol’s World Editorial Cartoons
Have we Won yet? Was ISIL a flash in the Pan?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – With the Iraqi campaign against ISIL having wrested from it Mosul and Talafar, and with Hawija […]
Do Muslim Americans need a Civil Rights Movement?
By Emily Cury | (The Conversation) | – – The past year has been a difficult one for American Muslims. According to a July 2017 […]
Politics Above Law: How Trump channels Far Right icon Carl Schmitt without Knowing It
By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s various public statements have made clear that he is not an avid reader. He […]
Gaza: Over 1 million children in ‘unlivable’ circumstances
By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | (Informed Comment) | – – Over a million children in Gaza are living in impoverished circumstances due to electricity shortages, causing […]
Green Energy Jobs: Top 7 Pieces of Rare Good News for US Workers on Labor Day
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. The Christian Science Monitor says that in 2016, US solar businesses employed 260,077 workers – […]
Will Trump Kill the Dream for These Immigrants?
By Marcelo Rochabrun | (ProPublica) | – – With the president reportedly at the point of canceling DACA, some of its 800,000 beneficiaries describe what […]