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 […]
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Past 8 Years have been Hottest on Record, probably Hottest since Time of Christ
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The past 8 years are the hottest on record. So concludes The UN’s World Meteorological Organization. In 2022, the average […]
Criticizing Israel: Letter to the President of Harvard University regarding Kenneth Roth
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | Lawrence S. Bacow President, Harvard University president@harvard.edu Dear President Bacow: […]
Iran Executions: the Role of the ‘Revolutionary Courts’ in breaching Human Rights
By Simon Rice, University of Sydney | – (The Conversation) – The Iranian government has attempted to brutally suppress the widespread protests sparked by the […]
The Pentagon’s Hunger Games
( Tomdispatch.com ) – By any standard, the money the United States government pours into its military is simply overwhelming. Take the $858-billion defense spending […]
With Electric Vehicles, 90% of Americans would see Transportation Costs, CO2 Emissions Plummet
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new University of Michigan study has shown that today, 90% of Americans would see lower transportation costs and lower […]
The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History (Review)
Review of Jeremy Bowen, The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History (London: Picador, 2022). Greifswald, Germany (Special to Informed Comment) – Ali […]
Climate Crisis: We’re Seeing Alarming Changes in the entire Global Water Cycle
By Albert Van Dijk, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – In 2022, a third La Niña year brought much rain to Australia and […]
Could the United States return to a Good Neighbor Policy in the Americas? Can it afford not to?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – A few recent headlines reveal the painfully inhumane, dangerously volatile state of U.S. relations with its own home region, the continent […]
Far Right Israeli Government bans Palestinian flag, just as Apartheid S. Africa Banned ANC Flag
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli parliament or Knesset on Tuesday approved the first reading of a law banning the raising of the Palestinian […]
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