Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an interview with Israel’s Channel 14, Minister of Energy Eli Cohen said that “Gaza must remain in ruins for […]
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Does Turkey’s Erdogan Dream of Neighboring Mosul?
By Lucy DerTavitian | (Informed Comment) | – – The battle over Mosul appears to have ignited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s expansionist Ottoman era […]
Frackopoly
by H. Patricia Hynes | ( Truthdig.com) | – – Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment A book by Wenonah […]
The Manhattan White House, the Secret Service, and the Painted Bikini Lady
By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – High above, somewhere behind the black glass façade, President-elect Donald J. Trump was huddled with his […]
In Trump’s Shadow, is East Aleppo on Verge of falling to Regime, Russia?
By Juan Cole | – – In the wake of the election of Donald Trump, the regime of Bashar al-Assad and its Russian backer have […]
Maybe if most Americans knew who Berlusconi was they wouldn’t have elected Trump
By Bill Emmott | (Project Syndicate) | – – LONDON – For the past couple of weeks, the world has been guessing at how US […]
The Catastrophic Downstream Effects of Trump Anti-Climatism
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24 2016 (IPS) – Although U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has hinted he […]
When Reagan backed S. Africa Racism and Castro inspired Mandela
TeleSur | – – The world remembers Nelson Mandela as the freedom fighter and president who liberated South Africa from apartheid. But many look back […]
Fidel Castro’s Top Moments in the Middle East
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Fidel Castro is dead at 90. He presided over the only pro-USSR Communist state in the […]
Trump, Putin, and the new Middle East
By Maged Mandour | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – The election of Trump will give second wind to autocrats in the region as well […]