Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]
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Climate Treaty Follies: How Inaction is Endangering the World
By Tom Giesen “To be quite candid the idea of a 2°C target is largely out of the window.” Sir Robert Watson, former IPCC Chair. […]
Could ISIL be Put on Trial? Challenge for International Law
DUBAI (IRIN) – The international outcry to the openly advertised atrocities committed in Iraq by the jihadist group calling itself Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS […]
Understanding Islam: Kecia Ali on ‘The Lives of Muhammad’
Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN for ISLAMiCommentary The life of Prophet Muhammad has inspired […]
The end of National Sovereignty in the Middle East? Iraqi Kurdistan sends troops into Syria
By Juan Cole: Al-Manar reports that the legislature of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (a super-province of Iraq) has voted to send Kurdistan forces to […]
Top 4 Things we can learn from War on Terror in “War on Ebola”
By Karen J. Greenberg via Tomdispatch.com These days, two “wars” are in the headlines: one against the marauding Islamic State and its new caliphate of […]
The momentum to recognize a Palestinian State is unstoppable
By Farhang Jahanpour Once again, the British Parliament has led the way with an epoch-making decision. On Monday 13 October 2014, British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly […]
America didn’t learn the Lessons of Tribes & Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam, Leading to the Iraq Quagmire
By David Moore The rise of ISIL, as well as the resurgence of the Taliban, has brought numerous “experts” out to offer analyses on the […]
Iran Proposes Axis against ISIL to Iraqi PM Abadi as alternative to US Coalition
By Juan Cole al-Zaman [The Times of Baghdad] reports that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has proposed to visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi an anti-ISIL […]
Israeli Squatters Sabotage Palestinian Wells in Jordan Valley
JERICHO (Ma’an) — Dozens of Israeli settlers damaged wells belonging to Palestinians in the Khirbet Samra area of the Jordan Valley, a local official said […]
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