Book Review: Vali Nasr, “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History”, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Islamic Republic […]
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China is meeting its Climate Targets, but Earth needs Beijing to be more Ambitious
By Phillip Stalley | – When it comes to climate change, no nation is more important than China. It consumes more coal than the rest […]
The Great Disruption Begins: Global Market Share of Electric Cars doubles in a Year, Triples in Two
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – International Energy Agency analysts Leonardo Paoli and Timur Gül write that, globally, electric car sales more than doubled in 2021 […]
Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group?
By Haroro J. Ingram, Amira Jadoon, and Andrew Mines | – An overnight raid conducted by U.S. special forces in Syria has resulted in the […]
Human Rights in Prolonged Occupation: Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians (HRW)
( Human Rights Watch ) – This memorandum provides an overview of several of Human Rights Watch’s central concerns with respect to the Israeli government’s […]
What a Waste, and You’re Paying for it: $778 Billion for the Pentagon and Still Counting
( Tomdispatch.com) – 2021 was another banner year for the military-industrial complex, as Congress signed off on a near-record $778 billion in spending for the […]
The Boosted are 97 times less likely to die of Covid, as Republican Party Death Cult Kills Tens of Thousands
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States has failed Covid. Compared to most other industrialized countries, its per capita rate of infection and death […]
Despite the U.S. Hype about an “imminent” Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow is not Ready to Risk War
Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Russia seems to be giving up on the “ultimatum” it issued to the United States in December. After Washington […]
Israel’s Claims to be a Democracy ring Hollow as Amnesty Finds it an Apartheid State
By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Amnesty International became the latest human rights group to label Israel an apartheid state. […]
If We heat the World 1.5°C (2.7° F.), Essential Coral Reefs are all but Doomed
By Adele Dixon, Maria Beger, Peter Kalmus, and Scott F. Heron | – Coral reefs have long been regarded as one of the earliest and […]
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