Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]
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Why Syria’s Reconstruction may Depend on the Fate of its Minorities
By Ramazan Kılınç, Kennesaw State University (The Conversation) – Tens of thousands of minorities fearing persecution have fled Syria since its takeover by the Sunni […]
Closing Israeli Embassy does not Deter Ireland from Recognizing Palestine, Joining Genocide Case against Netanyahu Gov’t
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The current Israeli Foreign Minister, Gideon Saar, is likely a war criminal by virtue of serving in the cabinet of […]
Trump Confronts a Rising China: Can He Manage U.S.-China Relations Without Precipitating World War III?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Gaza, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, and Venezuela: President-elect Donald Trump will face no shortage of foreign-policy challenges when […]
Is Israel about to Annex the Palestinian West Bank? Why Now?
( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is getting ready to annex the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The annexation will be a major step backwards […]
Trump: Turkey’s Erdogan staged “Hostile Takeover” of Syria using HTS Proxies, and is the “Victor”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald J. Trump held an impromptu press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Monday. In the course of his remarks, he said […]
Protesting New York University’s Arbitrary Repressive Actions toward Faculty and Students Protest Gaza War
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Linda G. Mills President, New York University linda.mills@nyu.edu Georgina Dopico Provost, New York […]
What the Fall of Assad says about Putin’s Ambitions for Russia’s Great-Power Status
By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham (The Conversation) – The lightning-fast collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has sent shock waves across the Middle […]
Iraq’s Barzani hails Syrian Leader’s Assurances on future of Syrian Kurds
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria has broached again the issue of the largely Kurdish Autonomous Administration of […]
Reel Resistance: Netflix’s Removal of Palestinian Films adds to the Erasure of Palestine
By Chandni Desai, University of Toronto (The Conversation) – Netflix faces calls for a boycott after it removed its “Palestinian Stories” collection this October. This […]
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