Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday slapped personal sanctions on United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Francesca […]
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With Thousands Dead or Wounded, Will earthquake Aid for Syria be Impeded by US Sanctions?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A 7.8 earthquake that struck south-central Turkey and northwest Syria early on Monday morning. Although over two thousand are being […]
Yemen in the Shadow of Transition: Pursuing Justice Amid War (Review)
Review of Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Yemen in the Shadow of Transition: Pursuing Justice Amid War (London: Hurst and Co., 2022). Greifswald, Germany (Special to Informed […]
Suspected Israeli Drone Strike In Iran Part Of New ‘Containment Strategy’
( RFE/ RL ) – A suspected Israeli drone strike hit an Iranian military facility in Isfahan on January 28, in an attack that is […]
Climate Crisis: Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its Sea Ice
By Pengfei Zhang, Penn State | – (The Conversation) – Atmospheric rivers, those long, powerful streams of moisture in the sky, are becoming more frequent […]
Iran’s Khamenei admits to holding “Tens of Thousands” of Prisoners of Conscience, Offers Amnesty if they Apologize for anti-Regime Protests
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The official website of Iran’s “August Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced Sunday that “tens of thousands” (دهها هزار) of political […]
Was the Chinese Spy Balloon a Sign of Infighting among China’s Power Elite?
Nashville (Special to Informed Comment) – China’s balloon incursion was no accident but an expression of both internal Chinese politics and of its foreign policy. […]
International perspectives on apartheid and decolonization in Palestine
By Omar Ahmed | – (Middle East Monitor ) – A conference was held in London yesterday, hosted by MEMO entitled “International perspectives on apartheid […]
“Some say the World will End in Fire, some say in Ice”: Life in a Climate-Destabilized California
( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was January 1983 and raining in San Francisco. The summer before, I’d moved here from Portland, Oregon, a city known […]
Why is the Biden Administration So Worried about Israel’s New Government? (Juan Cole Video Interview)
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I am interviewed by prominent journalist Steve Clemons, editor at large of the global news site Semafor, for his Al […]
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