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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In New Low, Israel’s Netanyahu has Recklessly allied with ISIS in Gaza
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – The world’s most poorly kept secret is that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) is escalating his state-sponsored […]
Gov. Newsom asks Trump to Withdraw Troops from Los Angeles and Protests Intensify
By Nigel Duara, Jeanne Kuang and Sergio Olmos, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. ( CalMatters ) – […]
Is Nuclear Winter a Climate Issue?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Thirty-five years after the start of the nuclear age with the first explosion of an atomic bomb, I visited the expanse […]
A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad
Book Review – Osamah F. Khalil, A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden. Cambridge (MA) and London: Harvard […]
California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters
By Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Hospitals. Schools. Shelters. Those are some of the places […]
Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence
By Maria Papageorgiou, Newcastle University (The Conversation) – The US president, Donald Trump, claimed he was able to secure deals totalling more than US$2 trillion […]
Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump: Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?
Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The reports of the past few days are extremely worrying. The acrimonious and open split between President Donald […]
Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime
April Attack Killed 80 Civilians; Aid Delivery Hindered Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – US military strikes on the Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah, Yemen, […]
Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism
By Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (The Conversation) – The Trump administration on June 4, 2025, announced travel restrictions targeting 19 […]
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