Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]
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All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since the US political establishment and press has been demonizing Gen. Qasem Soleimani since he was rubbed out by Trump, […]
Trump Backs Down, But Iran Conflict is Still a Landmine
( 48hills.org) – Trump blinked. After threatening to bomb military and cultural sites in Iran, President Donald Trump has apparently backed down on further escalation […]
Is Russian Imperialism in Syria, with its Vast Human Toll, a Vanity Project for Vladimir Putin?
Radwan Zyada | – (Middle East Monitor) – Russian President Putin made a surprise visit to Damascus [on January 7], during which he met Bashar […]
Trump’s Killing of Gen. Soleimani evokes Dark Themes of Martyrdom in Shiite Islam
By Deina Abdelkader | – Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who promoted the religious and political influence of the Iranian regime across the Middle East with covert […]
Americans re: Iran: A Reckless Trump has made us Less Safe, and Congress Should Rein him in
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A USA Today opinion poll reported by Susan Page shows that the American people view Trump’s assassination of Iranian Gen. […]
Yemen’s Shock Therapy: How the Peace Process Has Been Jump-started by Transformative Acts of Aggression
Beachwood, Oh. (Special to Informed Comment) – With precarious standoffs in Libya’s Tripoli and Syria’s Idlib on the verge of collapsing amid fresh waves of […]
The Global War of Error: and No, that is not a Typo
( Tomdispatch.com) – Yes, our infrastructure stinks, our schools are failing, this country’s a nightmare of inequality, and there’s a self-promoting madman in the White […]
We Can Do it: In 10 Years, even Tory Britain Dumped Coal and went to 21% Wind
By Grant Wilson, Iain Staffell and Noah Godfrey | – In 2010, Great Britain generated 75% of its electricity from coal and natural gas. But […]
“Don’t Close your Eyes, American Troops in Iraq” – Provoked by Trump’s Crazed attack, Shiite Militias Threaten US Military
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to al-Bina’, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (the Movement of the Nobles of the Party of God), led by Akram al-Kaabi, […]