Many people optimistically assume that popular revolutions against dictators will automatically establish democratic governments
Main Content
American Spring? How nonviolent Protest in the US is Accelerating
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful. Erica […]
Approaching the End of Liberal Internationalism: Will America Ever Rejoin the International Community?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – “We’re back,” I tell the room. It’s January 21, 2029, and I can barely contain my excitement. “America is back!” I […]
Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles Hit Israeli Refinery, Military Sites, as Israel does the same to Tehran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel and Iran continued to trade airstrikes on each other on Saturday. Israel struck the Iranian Ministry of Defense, petroleum […]
Bernie Sanders Says US Must Not Be ‘Dragged Into Another Netanyahu War’
The independent U.S. senator condemned the “illegal unilateral attack on Iran” by Israel that “risks a full-blown regional war.” By Jon Queally | – ( […]
Why did Israel defy Trump – and risk a major War – by striking Iran now? And what happens next?
By Amin Saikal, Victoria University (The Conversation) – Alarmed by an intelligence assessment that Iran will be able to produce nuclear weapons within months if […]
A Pariah State? Western Nations Sanction Israeli Cabinet Members
Oakland, CA (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Israel Likud party under PM Benjamin Netanyahu had made Israel a rogue, pariah state even before […]
Despite Iran, Israeli Attacks on Gaza Continue, killing Dozens
(IMEMC ) – Israeli forces continued their relentless bombardment of the entire civilian population of the Gaza Strip on Friday, day 614 since the Israeli […]
Will Iran reply to Israeli Attacks with “War of Attrition?” Will its Nuclear Red Line Hold?
By Ibrahim Al-Marashi and Mohammad Eslami ( Al Jazeera ) – Historians may well mark June 13, 2025, as the day the world crossed a line it may […]
Israel’s Netanyahu banks on TACO Trump as he Launches War on Iran to disrupt Negotiations
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday launched a war on Iran, bombing sites related to […]











