Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian Ministry of Education released a report this week detailing that 11,923 students in Gaza have been killed by […]
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New Oil Bids, Censorship, and the Fate of Iraq
The big news out of Iraq over the weekend was the awarding of a handful of new oil development contracts to companies such as Royal […]
Tripathi: Blair’s Iraq Confession
Deepak Tripathi, former BBC journalist and author of the book Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan (Potomac, January 2010) writes in guest op-ed […]
Gilani Threatens Orakzai Campaign
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced the end of the Pakistani military campaign in South Waziristan, although he seems to reserve the possibility […]
Pakistani Reactions to Obama’s Nobel
The USG OSC translates or paraphrases Pakistani Urdu editorials on President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: Pakistan Urdu Press Roundup on Obama Receiving Nobel Peace PrizeThe […]
AfPak Dilemmas
Not only have Blackwater mercenaries (now Xe) helped the CIA kidnap people (“rendition”), but it is now coming out that they’ve been helping launch covert […]
Obama, Peace and War
If it is true that the Nobel committee awarded President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for not being George W. Bush, they must have […]
Antony Adolph guest Op-Ed: A Missile Shield by Any Other Name
Antony Adolph writes in a guest op-ed for IC: A Missile Shield by Any Other Name: Is Obama’s Global Military Strategy Taking Shape in Eastern […]
Top Things that would Redeem Obama’s Peace Prize
The world has noted the irony that President Barack Obama is delivering his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize after launching an escalation of […]
The Progressive on Best Books of 2009
Favorite Books of 2009 | The Progressive The Progressive lists their writers’ favorite books this year. I’m proud that Engaging the Muslim World made the […]