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Lots of Countries have Enriched Uranium – How Iran’s Program Fell on the Wrong Side of History
By Joseph O’Mahoney | – As tensions remain at fever pitch between Tehran and Washington, Iran continues to breach limits agreed in the 2015 Iran […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s political and personal reputation is in shreds
Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – Israel’s General Election two weeks ago has presented it with its second major political deadlock this year. The […]
Trump Talks tough with Journalists but Lets Real Strongmen like Turkey’s Erdogan Walk all over Him
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last week during the visit of the Finnish president, Trump acted out with a journalist, James Mason of Reuters who […]
Baghdad’s Youthquake: Iraq’s Young Protestors ‘Have Nothing Left To Lose’
(Niqash.org ) – Anti-government protests in Baghdad were led by the younger generation, one that has grown up under military rule, lived a more liberal […]
How the Saudi Oil Field Attack Overturned America’s Apple Cart
(Foreign Policy in Focus) – For all their overwhelming firepower, the U.S. and its allies can cause a lot of misery in the Middle East, […]
Why Trump’s bad Nixon imitation may cost him the presidency
By Ken Hughes | – Whatever Donald Trump does, Richard Nixon usually did it first and better. Nixon got a foreign government’s help to win […]
Iraqi Gov’t Teeters as Protest Death toll Rises to 100, with 4,000 Wounded
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Protests broke out again in Baghdad on Saturday, leaving 15 dead. The government had shut down the internet a few […]
Saudi looks ‘positively’ at Yemeni truce proposal
Saudi Prince Khalid Bin Salman believes that his country looks “positively” at the truce proposal announced by Houthis in Yemen, Arabi21.com reported on Friday. In […]
Solar Power: How China can Spur Regional Growth without more Carbon Emissions
By Kathryn G Logan, Shi Chen and Xi Lu | – China has invested US$90 billion in the countries involved in its Belt and Road […]