Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Abu Dhabi-based Erem News reports that the Prime Minister of Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli, […]
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Top Signs Pope Francis is an Honest Conservative
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The positioning of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis, as a “liberal” or “progressive” in American politics is […]
Making money off Nuclear Apocalypse while obsessing about Non-Nuclear Iran
By Richard Krushnic & Jonathan Alan King | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Imagine for a moment a genuine absurdity: somewhere in the United States, the […]
Why the Pope and America won’t leave each Other Unchanged
By Massimo Faggioli | (The Conversation) | – – The papal trip to the United States that Francis will begin on September 22 is the […]
Could Daesh/ ISIS bring Russia and the west together?
By Marta Ter | (Open Democracy) | – – For a couple of years after 9/11, there was a solid US-Russia anti-terrorism cooperation that basically […]
Syrians welcomed Armenian, Iraqi, other Refugees but now Unwelcome as Refugees
AJ+ | – – “The world hasn’t been very hospitable to refugees from Syria – a country with a long history of taking in people […]
As Russia supports Iran in Syria, Netanyahu Loses Again
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, accompanied by Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot […]
Dark Money Surge: Conservatives Buoyed by Historic Flood of Contributions
By Sarah Lazare, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) – – A new report from Center for Responsive Politics finds single-candidate groups have spent $16.2 million […]
Violent clashes in Jerusalem fed by extreme Israeli counter-measures
By Yoav Galai | (The Conversation) | – – On the evening of Monday September 14, Alex Levlovich was driving back from the Rosh-Hashana Seder, […]
Syria, Reserve army of Terrorism: Taliban Uzbek in Suicide Bombing of Shiite Village
By Joanna Paraszczuk and Barno Anvar | ( RFE/ RL ) An Uzbek militant has carried out a suicide truck bombing in the predominantly Shi’ite […]