Chinese technology firms are increasingly competing with US ones in major Middle Eastern markets, escalating technology-related US national security concerns. London (Special to Informed Comment; […]
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Top Struggles in the Arab Spring Today
The Arab Spring began with peaceful protests in Tunis, Cairo, Alexandria, and elsewhere in the region, with masses of demonstrators giving their elites a choice […]
US Should Move Navy Base from Bahrain
In the wake of the brutal crackdown by the monarchy of Bahrain on the largely peaceful protest movement this winter and spring, the United States […]
Carbon Emissions Record, Food to Double in Price
It is hard to decide which is the worst news in the International Energy Agency’s new study. The central piece of bad news is that […]
Yemen in Flames
The political situation in Yemen continued to deteriorate on Tuesday. Since Sunday, 50 protesters have been killed by troops and security forces in the country’s […]
Time to Begin Leaving Afghanistan
Memorial Day, in my view, should be a time of reflection not only on the sacrifices made for the nation in war but on whether […]
Egypt Lets Palestinians of Gaza Circulate
The new, transitional Egyptian government formed in the wake of a popular revolt took a step on Saturday toward lifting the Israeli-induced blockade of the […]
The Revolution was not Televised: Gil Scott-Heron RIP
Gil Scott-Heron is dead at 62. Ironically, his obituary will not be televised because television news became just what he predicted. In memoriam:
G8 ‘Marshall Plan’ for Arab Spring Nations Falls Short
The 8 wealthiest industrial countries, meeting at the G-8, urged that the world give Egypt, Tunisia and liberated Libya (’emerging democracies in the Arab world’) […]
Congress: Yankee Come Home; Iraq, Pakistan: Yankee Go Home
Between 70,000 and 100,000 members of the Sadrist Shiite political bloc rallied in Baghdad on Thursday, demanding that the some 47,000 US troops still in […]
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