Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the 1820s Greece waged a successful war of independence against an authoritarian king, the Ottoman Emperor Mahmoud II. The […]
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Iran’s leader is losing his grasp on power. Does this mean diplomacy is doomed?
( The Conversation) – Iran’s announcement last Sunday that it would break the limit on uranium enrichment agreed to in the nuclear deal with world […]
Don’t Expect Trump to do a North Korean-style Pivot in his Relations with Iran
Originally published in Hankyoreh. (Foreign Policy in Focus ) – It was not very long ago that Donald Trump was calling North Korean leader Kim […]
Next, Our Food: Climate Emergency Reducing Crop Yields, Global Food Supplies
By Deepak Ray | – Farmers are used to dealing with weather, but climate change is making it harder by altering temperature and rainfall patterns, […]
Dunked On’em: Nicki Minaj Pulls out of Saudi Concert over Women’s, LGBTQ, Free Speech Rights
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trinidadian-American rap superstar Onika Tanya Maraj, known as “Nicki Minaj” has pulled out of Jidda World Fest scheduled in Saudi […]
Syria: US Coalition needs to Reimburse Civilians for Thousands of Innocents Killed and Massive Property Destruction in fight against ISIL
First Public ‘Condolence’ Payment Provides Way Forward
Wars R Us: Our Best and Brightest have Warned us of Pentagon Propaganda Machine
(Tomsdispatch.com ) – Put up with me for just a moment while I wax literary. It turns out that, if French novelist Marcel Proust lived […]
China Backs Iran: Trump ‘Started the Fire,’ ‘unilateral bullying’ ‘a tumor’
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – China is openly blaming the Trump administration for the breakdown of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint […]
Can Turkish Politics be Depolarized?
By Sevgi Yagmur Bulut | – The ruling party is no longer in charge of the largest municipality In the end it was easy. Ekrem […]
The ‘inept’ Mr Trump – and the Lost Art of the Diplomatic Cable
(Al-Bab.com) – The point of diplomatic cables, and the cause of excitement when they are leaked, is that they are meant to be private – […]
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