This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]
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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]
The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity
Obliteration and the West’s Complicity A Two-Part Q&A on Dr Steinbock’s The Obliteration Doctrine DG Team Dr Steinbock’s highly topical new book The Obliteration Doctrine […]
No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior
By William deBuys ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The totalitarian playbook that Donald Trump seems to follow lacks a chapter. Power-crazed the president may be, but […]
Saudi Arabia in Modern History
Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]
Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel
The protest represents a multi-dimensional struggle: economic, geopolitical, and ethical. Written by Elvis Takahashi Mantello Protesters gather at Piraeus port to block a shipment believed […]
Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza
By Peter Greste, Macquarie University (The Conversation) – The New York-based media freedom organisation, the Committee to Protect Journalists, is scrupulous with its words. So, […]
Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]
Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)
Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Saudi authorities have been carrying out an unprecedented surge in executions in 2025 without apparent due process, Human Rights […]
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