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 […]
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Not Targeted or Bloodless: Why We Need an International Convention on Drones
( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In the aftermath of the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, drone warfare is being […]
Ten Problems With Biden’s Foreign Policy – and One Solution
( Code Pink ) – The Biden presidency is still in its early days, but it’s not too early to point to areas in the […]
Israel has Detained 13,000 Palestinian Children since 2000 and just took 5 more
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since the year 2000, the Israeli military in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank has “detained, interrogated, prosecuted, and imprisoned approximately […]
Biden is Reemphasizing Human Rights in Foreign Policy, Except for Palestinians
( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is reportedly concerned that US President Joe Biden will prioritise human rights over traditional allegiances in the Middle […]
Has the DC Foreign Policy Blob swallowed Joe Biden? We don’t need to be the World’s Policeman
( Tomdispatch.com ) – You may have noticed: the Blob is back. Beneath a veneer of gender and racial diversity, the Biden national security team […]
Why Tunisians are still out on the streets — a decade after the Arab Spring
By Saerom Han, Andrea Teti, and Pamela Abbott | – It has been 10 years since nation-wide protests in Tunisia led to the ousting of […]
At Last, the End of Austerity: Joe Biden’s Really, Really Big Covid Stimulus aims to Jumpstart America
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Joe Biden has redeemed the sins of the Obama administration, which did not enact a big enough stimulus truly to […]
Biden wants the US Carbon Neutral by 2050, but Can he Paint the Whole World Green?
( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Once upon a time, a rich hypochondriac was complaining about pains in his head and stomach. He consulted a […]
City of lost mosques: how Suzhou tells the story of China’s Islamic past
By Alessandra Cappelletti | – The labyrinth of alleys and lanes in the old city of Suzhou hides a secret: historical fragments of the long […]