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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The Declaration of Independence wasn’t really complaining about King George, and 5 other surprising facts for July Fourth
By Woody Holton | – Editor’s note: Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are […]
Iranian Voters sent a Message to Iran’s Leaders with Dismal Turnout For Presidential Election
( RFE/RL) – The Iranian leadership has a problem: a record number of voters — more than half of them — turned their back on […]
United Nations Accuses Israel of ‘Grave Violations’ against Palestinian Children
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This week, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres presented a report to the 75th General Assembly on the […]
Gaza Disability Rights Defender recounts harrowing Flight from Israeli Airstrikes at U.N.
By Abier Almasri | Research Assistant, Middle East and North Africa Division | @abier_i | – ( ) – Abeer al-Harakli, a 28-year-old disability rights […]
Biden is a Transformative President Domestically, but from China to Iran he embraces the Same old Washington Militarism
America is back–to the same old, same old. ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) -On the domestic front, Joe Biden is flirting with transformational policies […]
What the Supreme Court ruling on Arizona Law means for your Right to Vote
By Cornell William Clayton and Michael Ritter | – Arizona may keep two voting laws that Republicans say protect election integrity and Democrats believe will […]
Donald Rumsfeld, Torturer, Serial Liar, Butcher of Baghdad, dies at 88
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s death at 88 is an occasion for me to recall some of my own […]
Bennett’s political theatre: The decisive Israeli-Palestinian fight ahead
( Middle East Monitor ) – Many Palestinians believe that the 10-21 May military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous […]
How the Media manages to Report the Northwest Heat Dome without Mentioning the Carbon Dioxide Emissions that Drove it
By Kamyar Razavi | – ( The Conversation) – New normal. Record-breaking. Unprecedented. In recent days, as Western Canada and the United States have been […]
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