Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]
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Trump’s Coup and Burma’s Coup: What they have in Common
The Asian country’s military overthrew its government over baseless claims of voter fraud. Sound familiar? ( 48hills.org) – This week, military officers in Myanmar (formerly […]
America’s Global Empire is now Costing us our own Well-Being
( Code Pink) – In 2004, journalist Ron Susskind quoted a Bush White House advisor, reportedly Karl Rove, as boasting, “We’re an empire now, and […]
Republicans in Congress engage in hateful Islamophobia to defend their Islamophobe, Greene
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In attempting to defend Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Far Right (a.k.a. the Republican Party) has actually just taken her […]
Biden’s Top Foreign Policy Challenge: Avoiding a Cold War with China
Taiwan and the South China Sea are the likeliest points of conflict — but conflict is not an option. ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – […]
Greta Thunberg effect: people familiar with young climate activist may be more likely to act
By Anandita Sabherwal and Sander van der Linden | – She was declared Time magazine’s person of the year in the same month that Donald […]
Washington and Tehran: Who will make the first move?
( Middle East Monitor) – From the outside, the heated debate between Tehran and Washington seems as though it could be summarised by the question: […]
After Years of Outrage Politics, RepubliQans have surrendered to the Neo-Nazi Conspiracy Theorists
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – From Sarah Palin’s alarmist and mendacious charge of death panels in the Affordable Health Act to Benghazi, where the smarmy […]
As a Muslim American, I’m heartened Biden Repealed Muslim Ban: But Rampant Islamophobia is Undiminished
By Domenica Ghanem | ( Otherwords.org ) – President Joe Biden has repealed the Muslim ban. As the news rolled in, I remembered how I […]
China’s National Carbon Market has Just Launched: How it Could be a Climate Game Changer
By Huw Slater, Wang Shu and Dimitri De Boer | – ( China Dialogue) – With the new market having opened on 1 February, experts […]