Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]
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Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it
By Shooka Bidarian, United Nations University and Mark Maslin, UCL (The Conversation) – From arid deserts and alpine meadows to dense wetlands and temperate forests, […]
Psychopathocracy 3.0
This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]
Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians
by Maheera Munir
After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?
By Niamatullah Ibrahimi, The University of Melbourne; Arif Saba, Deakin University, and Safiullah Taye, Australian Catholic University (The Conversation) – On August 15 2021, Afghanistan’s […]
Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]
The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity
Obliteration and the West’s Complicity A Two-Part Q&A on Dr Steinbock’s The Obliteration Doctrine DG Team Dr Steinbock’s highly topical new book The Obliteration Doctrine […]
No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior
By William deBuys ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The totalitarian playbook that Donald Trump seems to follow lacks a chapter. Power-crazed the president may be, but […]
Saudi Arabia in Modern History
Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]
Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel
The protest represents a multi-dimensional struggle: economic, geopolitical, and ethical. Written by Elvis Takahashi Mantello Protesters gather at Piraeus port to block a shipment believed […]
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