Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]
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Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater: “It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed”
By Alexander Bisley | (Lumiere Reader) | – – N.B. Rosewater is now streaming at Amazon Instant Video and will be available on Netflix beginning […]
Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi — President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains
Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has presided over the flagrant abuse of human rights since taking […]
Implications for ICC? SCOTUS Jerusalem Decision shows Limits of Israel Lobbies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It has been the position of the US presidents for decades that the status of Jerusalem […]
Obama: We don’t have a “complete strategy” against ISIL
CBS News | (Video Report) | – – “President Obama said Monday the United States does not have a complete plan to train and equip […]
Israeli Military Blockade makes Fishing, Farming in Gaza Deadly for Palestinians
By Mel Frykberg | – – RAMALLAH, West Bank (IPS) – Three Palestinian fishermen were injured last week after Israeli naval forces opened fire on […]
By the Time Washington wakes up to China’s Eurasian Strategy will it be too Late?
By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – For even the greatest of empires, geography is often destiny. You wouldn’t know it in Washington, […]
Did Jeb Bush’s brother “Create ISIL” in Iraq?
by Brian Glyn Williams It was one of those moments that politicians dread. An unscripted incident last month when a voice in a crowd pinned […]
Turkey: How Pres. Erdogan damaged the AKP Brand
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Justice and Development Party (AKP) decisively lost its majority on Sunday, falling to only about […]
US view of Iraqi Army, before & after 2003 (Political Cartoon)
By Khalid Bendib | (Otherwords.org) | (Political Cartoon) Via Otherwords.org
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