Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]
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Why does the Pentagon Budget Really Keep Growing? When Democracies Pursue Imperial Dominance it doesn’t End Well
( Tomdispatch.com) – Imagine this scenario for a moment: a “great power” watches another major power fight a war in a nearby nation for 10 […]
Israeli Opposition Warns of “Civil War,” “End of Democracy” as 80,000 Rally against Netanyahu
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian newspaper Amad reports that tens of thousands of Israelis took part on Saturday evening in demonstrations in Tel […]
Dual Iranian-British national Alireza Akbari’s execution plunges Iranian Relations with the West to a new Low
Oxford (Special to Informed Comment) – On Saturday 14 January, the Iranian regime executed a 61-year old dual Iranian-British national and a former deputy defence […]
Will Birtherism come back to bite Republicans in the Behind? On top of all his other Lies, is George Santos even a US Citizen?
Nashville (Special to Informed Comment) – Suspicions grow that not only did new Congressman George Santos (R-NY) fabricate his educational and employment record but that […]
Top 6 Ways 2023 could be a Pivotal Year for Climate Action
By Wesley Morgan, Griffith University | – (The Conversation) – Many people think of the annual UN climate talks as talkfests which achieve only incremental […]
Climate Crisis: Oceans heating up as though we were Constantly Blowing up Atomic Bombs in them
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released talking points for its report on 2022, warning that the oceans are […]
Did Netflix Really fulfill its Pledge to Be Carbon Neutral by 2022?
By Christine Ro | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Netflix styles itself as a climate action leader, but the world’s most popular video […]
A New Crop of Disruptor-Politicians is failing the Earth
( Foreign Policy in Focus) – House Republicans, Euroskeptics, Vladimir Putin, and Jair Bolsonaro are the agents of a new kind of political disorder that […]
Mad World: Global Flashpoints to watch in 2023 in the Era of ‘Polycrisis’
By Susan Harris Rimmer, Griffith University | – (The Conversation) – When 2022 began, there was trepidation about what might happen in at least ten […]
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