Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations is again warning of imminent famine in northern Gaza. A panel of the Integrated Food Security Phase […]
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US to Join UNSC Talks with Iran on Nuclear Program
The US will join Germany and United Nations Security Council partners in face to face negotiations with Iran on its nuclear enrichment program. The Bush […]
Obama in Iraq Again Pledges Troop Withdrawal
President Barack Obama made an unscheduled stop in Baghdad on Tuesday, meeting with US troops and also with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Obama told US […]
OSC: Candidate For Governor of Ninawa Says Political Tactics Can Resolve Violence
The USG Open Source Center translates an interview in a Qatari newspaper with the incoming Sunni Arab governor of the northern Ninevah (Ninawa, Mosul) Province, […]
Obama: The US is not, and Never will be, at War with Islam
President Barack Obama conducted a state visit of the Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday, visiting the mausoleum of the Republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Attaturk […]
6 Coordinated Bombings Rip through Shiite Baghdad; 34 Dead, over 100 Wounded
Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that guerrillas set off six coordinated bombs in Shiite areas of Baghdad on Monday, killing 34 and wounding over 100, and […]
Obama the Visionary: End Nukes, admit Turkey to EU
Barack Obama continues to shake up the world with his new ideas, demonstrating himself again among the more creative and bold leaders the world has […]
Cole on C-Span 2 re: Engaging the Muslim World
My talk at the New America Foundation on the need for a new Western relationship with the Muslim world, in connection with my new book, […]
Turkey Relents on Rasmussen; NATO Sends only 3000 Troops to Afghanistan
Turkey relented on Saturday and agreed to allow Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, to become head of NATO if a Turkish assistant was […]
Silverman: "The Sons of Iraq and Iraqi Politics"
Adam L. Silverman writes in a guest editorial for IC: On 1 April 2009 Juan Cole briefly wrote about the events surrounding the arrest of […]