Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]
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How Forms of Political Islam failed in Egypt and Turkey
By Ahmet T. Kuru | – Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first-ever democratically elected president, died unexpectedly during a trial in June 2019. He was a member […]
The UAE Remains the Main Player in Yemen, and could Split the Country Up
By Stasa Salacanin | – At the beginning of July, the UAE started to reduce its troop numbers in Yemen, signalling a shift in its […]
Trump Mimics Israeli Supremacist Right, Accuses Jewish American Democrats of Treason to Israel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump on Tuesday attacked American Jews who vote for the Democratic Party (as 70%-80% of them do) as demonstrating “a […]
British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism
In British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism, Philip Lewis and Sadek Hamid demonstrate how new generations are remaking Islamic institutional infrastructures […]
What’s behind the protests in Kashmir?
By Sumit Ganguly | – India recently enacted a law which will end a special autonomous status given to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, […]
Israeli Squatter-Settlers on Palestinian Land rule the roost in Israel, but at what cost?
(Middle East Monitor) – Jewish Israeli settlers are on a roll as they rampage across the occupied Palestinian West Bank. While settler violence is part […]
Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar’s support for Palestinians is like the Anti-Colonialism of George Washington
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib did a press conference on Monday in response to their having been barred by […]
2084? Is Trump the one who Takes us into the Age of Big Brother?
(Tomdispatch.com) – I, Winston Smith… I mean, Tom Engelhardt… have not just been reading a dystopian novel, but, it seems, living one — and I […]
New research shows that Antarctica’s largest floating ice shelf is highly sensitive to warming of the ocean
By Dan Lowry | – Scientists have long been concerned about the potential collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its contribution to global […]