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The Dragon Arrives: 1st Chinese overseas Military Base in Djibouti
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – China has just inaugurated its first military base abroad, in the tiny Red Sea country of […]
Who defeated ISIL? Obama’s Quiet Strategy, not Trump’s Bluster
Bryan G. Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Book excerpt from the just-published Counter Jihad: America’s Military Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria [CLICK]: […]
Will reaction against Trump on Health Care lead to Medicare for All?
By Ann Jones. | (via Tomdispatch.com ) | – – You may have noticed that quite a few of the formerly united states of America […]
Resisting? 5 Lessons on Authoritarian Regimes from Latin America
By Cheryl Duckworth | (Informed Comment) | – – Daily headlines suggest we could soon be experiencing a genuine constitutional crisis. We’ve learned that White […]
Top 6 Falsehoods Embraced by new WH Chief of Staff John Kelly
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – John Kelly will get a lot of good will from having fired the foul-mouthed Anthony Scaramucci. […]
Extremist Israeli Squatters literally kick Palestinians out of Home, Move In
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Almost one week after dozens of extremist Israeli settlers raided and occupied a Palestinian home in […]
Turkish Women rally re: Abuse by Conservatives over Outfits
TeleSur | – – Istanbul has been widely viewed as a fairly liberal city for women and the LGBT community. On the weekend, hundreds of […]
Guess What Iraq’s Biggest Problem Really Is
By Pamela Abbott, Andrea Teti and Kevin M. DeJesus | (The Conversation) | – – With the defeat of the so-called Islamic State (IS) on […]
Al-Sadr in Jidda: Are Saudis looking for channel to Iran, or anti-Iran Client?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday paid a visit to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port, […]
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