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SOTU and a Destabilized Middle East
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address treated the Middle East at several points, underlining the unusual importance of this region to the United […]
Graphic of World Military Spending (Iran’s too Small to Show up)
World military spending in 2010. Note that Iran’s is not a big enough proportion of world arms spending to show up on this graph, which […]
Mohamed Bouazizi (d. 2011) from Tunisia to San Francisco to SOTU
Graffiti from Mission Street, San Francisco in honor of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation kicked off the Tunisian Revolution, inspired the Tahrir Square demonstrations, and the […]
Tomgram: William Astore, Confessions of a Recovering Weapons Addict
Perhaps you’ve heard of “Makin’ Thunderbirds,” a hard-bitten rock & roll song by Bob Seger that I listened to 30 years ago while in college…
Can Europe’s Oil Boycott Really Sink Iran?
The European Union threatened Iran on Monday with cutting off petroleum imports into the 27 EU member states, and announced sanctions on Iranian banks and […]
Tomgram: Ellen Cantarow, An Environmental Occupy Fracks Corporate America
This is a story about water, the land surrounding it, and the lives it sustains…
Sharp-Elbowed Politics in the New Arab World
What are the big stories in the Arab world today? A newly elected parliament is being seated, and a deposed president is leaving the country. […]
South Carolina & Gingrich, Egypt & the Muslim Brotherhood
The election results for Egypt’s lower house have been announced, and the Muslim religious parties appear to have gained over 70% of the seats. The […]
Can Solar Energy in Mideast Stop a Gas War?
The Emirates Solar Industry Association says that solar energy is competitive with natural gas already, without the need for more subsidies. Solar panels are rapidly […]
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