This week marks 80 years since the United States used its nuclear weapons against the civilian population of Japan in August 1945. Prior to that, […]
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How much Influence does Iran have over its Strategic Allies — Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis?
By Sara Harmouch, American University and Nakissa Jahanbani, United States Military Academy West Point | – From attacks by rebels in the Red Sea to […]
Trump’s Far Right Allies Plot to Take over the European Union and Sink its Green Deal
( Tomdispatch.com) – It would be funny if it weren’t so potentially tragic — and consequential. No, I’m not thinking about Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential […]
How Israel got Stuck in Orwell’s ‘1984’
Oakland, Ca. (Special for Informed Comment; Feature) – As state paranoia rises in Israel, civil liberties including freedom of the press have taken a huge […]
DeSantis’ Legacy Lives on in Unconstitutional Bills Banning Free Expression, Campus Palestine Groups
By Diane Rado ( Florida Phoenix ) – From threatening students’ free speech on college campuses to making it easier for powerful people to sue […]
Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their Attacks on Ships in the Red Sea
By Sarah G. Phillips, University of Sydney | – As the Houthi militant group in Yemen ramps up its attacks on vessels in the Red […]
Catastrophic Displacement Crisis in Gaza is a New Phase in More than a Century of Expulsions by Israel
Glassboro, NJ (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As a scholar of war, migration, and refugee resettlement—but more importantly as a human being—I have watched […]
Iranian Economy Buoyed By ‘Dark Fleet’ Oil Shipments To China
By Michael Scollon | – ( RFE/RL ) – More than 6,000 kilometers from Tehran, in treacherous waters off the shores of Singapore, a “dark […]
Trump 2.0: Re-Breaking America in his Image
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Count on one thing: Donald Trump, who seems to gain Republican support with every new indictment, is not going away. He’s […]
Namibia, Victim of Germany’s 1904 Genocide, Lambastes Berlin for Denying Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Countries of the global South are most often denied a voice in Europe and North America. Our cable news brings […]
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