Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Given the decisions announced by Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, some have speculated that Turkey is “turning back toward the West” after a long period of estrangement and flirtation with Russia. Erdogan finally dropped his opposition to Sweden joining NATO. He backed NATO membership […]
Archives for July 2023
Iowa Passes Harsh anti-Abortion Law that Imperils Women, Physicians and Nurses
Anti-Abortion, Women’s Rights, Choice, Health
Is Thomas Friedman one Step Closer to Abandoning Zionism?
Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks I have long held a deep fascination with the intellectual journey of individuals who undergo profound conversions. Religious or political, witnessing the gradual evolution of ideological stances, culminating in the decisive act of severing one’s personal Gordian knots, is truly captivating. With my background, profession and personal interest, I have had […]
What it means that El Niño is coming on Top of a long-term Trend of Human-driven Global Heating
By David Armstrong McKay, Stockholm University | – (The Conversation) – The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has confirmed it: El Niño conditions have arrived and are expected to become moderate to strong as they develop over the coming year. El Niño is the hot phase of a natural fluctuation in the Earth’s climate system […]
The French “Nahel” Protests spring from Systemic Racism, not Immigration or Islam
Sousse, Tunisia (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Since June 27, every news channel has been covering the recent protests in Paris. On the surface, these disturbances are the result of a police shooting of an unarmed 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk who was attempting to flee the police at a traffic stop. However, many news outlets […]
Turkey’s Erdogan abruptly lifts veto on Sweden in NATO: What it means for the Alliance and Ukraine War
Simon J Smith, Staffordshire University and Jordan Becker, United States Military Academy West Point | – In a surprise move, Turkey has ended its veto on Sweden joining Nato, thereby removing all the barriers to its membership of the military alliance. Hungary quickly followed suit and, as a result of the two countries’ support, a […]
UN Expert accuses Israel of sexually abusing Palestinian Prisoners
( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has turned Palestine into an “open-air prison” where Palestinians, including tens of thousands of children, are “constantly confined, surveilled and disciplined,” according to Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories. She told the United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday, that […]
AI vs. AI: And Human Extinction as Collateral Damage
( Tomdispatch.com) – A world in which machines governed by artificial intelligence (AI) systematically replace human beings in most business, industrial, and professional functions is horrifying to imagine. After all, as prominent computer scientists have been warning us, AI-governed systems are prone to critical errors and inexplicable “hallucinations,” resulting in potentially catastrophic outcomes. But there’s […]
Will China Leapfrog America in the Middle East Using its Green Technology and EVs?
Over the past decade, since Xi Jinping became the General-Secretary of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2012, he has accelerated China’s return to political prominence. In turn, China’s ambitious global programme of economic, diplomatic and political expansion has pushed the world back towards a state of multipolarity. As well as developing China’s domestic […]
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