Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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Greenland loses 6 Billion Tons of Ice in Three Days, harbinger of Unprecedented Coastal Flooding
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – CNN and The Independent reported this week on a massive ice melt in Greenland, with on the order of 6 […]
Quest for Energy Independence set to boost Germany’s Energy Transition
By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany’s push for energy independence triggered by the Ukraine war could boost the country’s […]
Before Turkey can normalize with Syria, it must agree with Iran and Russia who the ‘Terrorists’ are
( Middle East Monitor ) – Despite being at the forefront of states determined to see the overthrow of the Syrian government by throwing its […]
Russia and Iran’s growing Friendship shows their Weakness not their Strength
By Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham | – (The Conversation) – Facing economic and military difficulties in his invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president Vladimir […]
Hollow Men: All the Cowards of Jan. 6
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The damning Jan. 6 public hearings revealed a plethora of historical detail, but they also shed light on character. Some […]
In Wake of Jan. 6 Hearings: What was Trump’s Relationship to the Militias who invaded the Capitol?
Amy Cooter, Vanderbilt University | – It’s not quite clear what, exactly, former President Donald Trump was doing and privately saying inside the White House […]
President Biden Must Commit to Ending the War in Yemen
By Farrah Hassen | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Biden once said the U.S. should never “check its principles at the door […]
Are New Mexico’s Megafires so extreme they Mark a New era? Welcome to the Pyrocene
By William deBuys | – ( Tomdispatch.org) – Firefighters don’t normally allude to early English epics, but in a briefing on the massive Hermits Peak/Calf […]
Biden, Speaking of “Climate Emergency” and National Security, Pledges Executive Orders to Combat Global Heating
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he would use executive orders and appeal to emergency measures in addressing what […]
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