Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]
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The Biden Administration is back to calling Palestinians ‘Occupied,’ but can’t see them being Colonized
( Middle East Monitor) – In another move that shows US President Joe Biden is navigating between the Trump administration’s era and the return to […]
Suez canal: what the ‘ditch’ meant to the British empire in the 19th century
By Jonathan Parry | – The week-long blockage of the Suez canal by the Ever Given container ship has reminded us that the canal, though […]
Stumbling into War? Could the U.S. and China Face an Unintended Blowup in the Western Pacific in the Biden Years?
( Tomdispatch.com) – The leaders of China and the United States certainly don’t seek a war with each another. Both the Biden administration and the […]
Egypt’s Sisi threatens ‘Instability that no one Can Imagine”: Will the Next Mideast War be over Water?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The closure of the Suez Canal for a week by the Ultra Large Container Ship, the Ever Given, signaled the […]
Israel’s Latest Election produces no Clear Winner, except the far Right and the Occupation
( Middle East Monitor ) – A “major setback” was the recurring theme in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel’s General Election […]
The US lost the Afghanistan War and is finally Leaving, but can Biden win the Peace?
( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In October 1944, with the end of World War II in sight, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin passed a […]
Biden’s Commitment to powering 20 mn Homes with Offshore Wind is a US Energy Revolution
By Erin Baker and Matthew Lackner | – The United States’ offshore wind industry is tiny, with just seven wind turbines operating off Rhode Island […]
US Church Membership falls under 50%; Are Republicans, anti-Gay Evangelicals driving Youth away?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since about 2000, Americans have begun abandoning religion in droves, especially but not only the younger generations (Millennials and younger). […]
Israeli election: Fundamentalist Mansour Abbas emerges as possible first Muslim kingmaker in nation’s history
By John Strawson | – For Israel, this has been the “no change, all change” election. No change in that the result appears inconclusive – […]
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