Chinese technology firms are increasingly competing with US ones in major Middle Eastern markets, escalating technology-related US national security concerns. London (Special to Informed Comment; […]
Main Content
Be Afraid, Very Afraid: Greenland Ice Sheets Cascading into Ocean 50 Years Ahead of Schedule
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amid the European heat wave, Ruth Mottram of the Danish Meteorological Institute set off a panic this week when she […]
1917: The Racist, Right Wing Age of Delirium that Trump Resurrected
By Adam Hochschild | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Along rivers prone to overflowing, people sometimes talk of preparing for a 100-year flood — a dangerous surge […]
Slamming Ilhan Omar, Orientalist Sen. Rand Paul confuses Somalia with Game of Thrones
By David Pechefsky | – (Informed Comment) – US Senator Rand Paul’s recent statements regarding Somalia are absurd on many levels. They are perhaps not […]
Shadowy Pro-Saudi D. C. Think Tank that Defended Crown Prince Suddenly Closes
(Al-Bab.com) – The Arabia Foundation, a pro-Saudi think tank established in Washington only two-and-a-half years ago suddenly closed down yesterday, citing “ongoing differences” among its […]
Iran: Germany and France Refuse to be Inducted into Trump’s Gulf Naval Operation against Tehran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government of Angela Merkel in Germany has rejected participation in the the Trump administration’s naval mission, “Operation Sentinel,” aimed […]
Stop It! Fracking Can’t be Done in a way that doesn’t Threaten Human Life
By Barbara Gottlieb | – Over 1,500 reports show there’s simply no safe way to do it — and it’s harming us all every day […]
Combatting the Climate Emergency: The Chinese Path or the Green New Deal?
(Tomdispatch.com ) – At its best, the earth was once likened to a spaceship that sails through the heavens with a crew working together for […]
Expert Letter on Deescalating with Iran (Bacevich, Cole, Esposito et al.)
Via NIAC: July 30, 2019 As foreign-policy practitioners with decades of collective experience in national security and diplomacy, we write to warn that U.S.-Iran tensions […]
The Climate Emergency comes for the Democrats
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Despite the reluctance of corporate America, its cable news channels and its favorite candidates to tackle the looming menace of […]