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 […]
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Biden’s Cabinet could fix what Trump Broke, but can they get their Ambitious Agenda Past the GOP Senate?
By John Hawkins | – The “team of rivals” was the term historian Doris Kearns Goodwin used to describe US President Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet. It […]
Hyper-Patriarchal Saudi Arabia equates mild Feminism with Terrorism, as Sen. Murphy calls on Biden to review ties with Kingdom
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera points to the call by Senator Chris Murphy addressed to the incoming Biden administration urging a review of […]
Moving past apartheid: A one-state Solution for Israel-Palestine is not ideal justice, but it is just and possible
( Middle East Monitor) – Once again, Europe’s top diplomats expressed their ‘deep concern’ regarding Israel’s ongoing illegal settlement expansion, again evoking the maxim that […]
How Will Biden Change U.S. Policy On Russia, Iran?
By Todd Prince | – ( RFE/RL) – As a candidate, Joe Biden said he would reverse many of the foreign-policy initiatives of the Trump […]
Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been released. But will a prisoner swap with Australia encourage more hostage-taking by Iran?
By Ian Parmeter | – Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s release from an Iranian prison after more than two years’ detention is certainly a welcome development. […]
No Thanksgiving for the Palestinian Children of Gaza: UN says Israelis deprived them of $16.7 Bn., potable Water
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued a report Wednesday on the effects of the continued illegal […]
How Biden and Kerry could rebuild America’s global climate leadership
By Dolf Gielen and Morgan Bazilian | – John Kerry helped bring the world into the Paris climate agreement and expanded America’s reputation as a […]
What Trump’s claim of a ‘stolen election’ means for activists today
By George Lakey | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – I’m encountering a great deal of alarm among progressive activists regarding continued Republican claims of […]
Pompeo’s branding of Boycotters of Israel ‘anti-Semitic’ is intended to Justify Expropriation, Statelessness of Palestinians
By Essam Yousef | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As he counts down his final days in office, US President Donald Trump is […]