Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]
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Reflections on “Peace” in Afghanistan; Leaving a Misguided War and Choosing Not to Look Back
( Tomdispatch.com) – When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain […]
With Bolton gone, will Trump meet Iran’s Pres. Rouhani?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the wake of the firing of national security adviser and full-time warmonger John Bolton, secretary of state Mike Pompeo […]
Bolton pushed America’s Rush back to Nuclear Weapons, but wasn’t Alone
Lawrence Wilkerson is the former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. He is current the Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public […]
China’s Struggle for Green Electricity
By Feng Hao | – ( ChinaDialogue ) – Using electricity for everything will help lay the groundwork for lowering carbon emissions, but it won’t […]
Trump’s NOAA reduced to agency of Tinpot Dictator like al-Sisi’s Egypt
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last week Trump erroneously tweeted out that Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian, which could have set off […]
The Most Dangerous Border: What Israeli Strikes in Lebanon mean for Iran & Saudi Arabia
By Abdulaziz Alghashian | – Recent clashes between Israel and Hezbollah on the Lebanese border have caused much speculation of a looming military confrontation between […]
The Politics of the Local Weather Broadcast: Call your Station and Demand News of Climate Crisis
(Informed Comment) – Many of us rely on daily reports, often presented by local TV weatherpersons, to get through our daily routines. How do I […]
Trump-Taliban Talks like those with N. Korea– a Photo Op on the Deck of the Titanic
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Afghanistan government has been miffed and apprehensive for some time that the Trump administration has been talking to the […]
Islamophobia, Boris Johnson and the British Conservative Party
By Mohammed Samaana | – Belfast (Informed Comment) – The new British PM Boris Johnson prided himself on having a diverse government. Actually only on […]