Chinese technology firms are increasingly competing with US ones in major Middle Eastern markets, escalating technology-related US national security concerns. London (Special to Informed Comment; […]
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Did Obama Really “Surrender the Middle East to Putin?”
By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – A perusal of the “writing on the hall” commentary of the Right Wing in the […]
Surprise! Male Chauvinist Pig Trump gets vulgar with Hillary Clinton
Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “During the Democratic debate Hillary Clinton returned from the bathroom break […]
Is its Syria Adventure destabilizing Turkey?
By Nadir Firat | (Informed Comment) | – – Riza Saka, a lawyer turned TV pundit, declared that “Turkey has nothing to fear” from the […]
4,000 Sick Gaza Palestinians need to Leave for Treatment, but are blocked by Israeli, Egyptian Blockades
Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — Around 4,000 sick Palestinians in Gaza need to travel through the Rafah crossing on the Gaza […]
Obama: Is the Media Hyping the threat from Daesh/ ISIL?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama gave an interview on National Public Radio on Monday in which he attempted to […]
6 US Troops killed by Taliban Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan
Curated by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Monitoring translates from Pushtu a report from the ‘Afghan Islamic Press’ from Kabul on […]
Which war did the Republican candidates serve in? Reflections on GOP War Talk from an Iraq vet
By Ramon Mejia | ( Waging Nonviolence) | – – As a U.S. Marine veteran who was deployed to Iraq in 2003, I can’t even […]
Will Spain’s Bernie Sanders be a power Broker in wake of Elections?
By Paul Kennedy | (The Conversation) | – – Although Spain’s two big parties technically remain the largest after this year’s general election, they find […]
Trump & GOP: Saber Rattling re: Iranians can never be too Aggressive
By Mahsa Alimardani | (Global Voices Online) | – – GOP candidate Donald Trump was the first to attack Iran early on in the [last] […]