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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How climate change is driving emigration from Central America
By Miranda Cady Hallett | – Clouds of dust rose behind the wheels of the pickup truck as we hurtled over the back road in […]
The Pain Remains: The Living Literature of War
( Tomdispatch.com) – Do you remember July 8, 2011? Where you were? What you did? Whom you talked to? Anything at all? I couldn’t pin […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Himalayan Miscalculation on Iran: Bringing China into the Mideast
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is one of the world players who pushed Trump to breach the 2015 treaty […]
Britain’s Trump: The Further Failure of Right Wing Populism
(Informed Comment) – After only six weeks in office, Johnson’s grand plan to leave the European Union with or without a deal by 31 October […]
Will Trump Bring Peace to Afghanistan? Don’t Hold your Breath
( 48hills.org) – Washington, DC is buzzing with talk of troop withdrawals and the impact on peace talks in Afghanistan. The US may start withdrawing […]
China Defies Trump on Iran Big time with $400 bn Belt-and-Road Investment, 5000 Security Personnel*
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was in Beijing recently for what turns out to have been the biggest triumph […]
At Height of Hurricane Disaster Season, Trump moves $100 mn. from FEMA to Jailing Immigrants
(Otherwords.org) – The Trump administration is moving money away from disaster relief to lock up more immigrants. Donald Trump discusses immigration as if the benefits […]
Why ‘moderates’ don’t have a clue what to do about Israel’s settlements
By Ahmed El Kady | – Earlier this month, the High Planning Committee (HPC) of the Israeli Civil Administration authorised the construction of 2,304 new […]
What is Ashura? How this Shiite Muslim holiday inspires millions
By Noorzehra Zaidi | – Tens of millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world will visit Iraq on Sept. 10 this year to see […]