Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Since the beginning of Israel’s latest offensive against the Palestinian people in Gaza in October of last year, […]
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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 […]
Turkey Blocks Rasmussen at NATO
The NATO summit is off to a shaky start. It was supposed to elect a new leader, and the Obama administration backed Danish Prime Minister […]
Top Ten Ways the US is Turning Afghanistan into Iraq
1. Exaggerating the threat. An Afghan army foot patrol was attacked by guerrillas in Helmand Province on Wednesday, according to AP. US and Afghan soldiers […]
Lieberman and Wiping Countries off the face of the Map
Avigdor Lieberman, the Moldovan night club bouncer, is now foreign minister of Israel. The world has had a lot of fun laughing at the pronouncements […]
Sadr Movement Said to be Splintering
Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the Sadr Movement led by Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr is facing the possibility of internal factionalism, among imprisoned members and among […]
Fitzgerald & Gould: Afghanistan, a New Beginning
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould write in a guest op-ed for IC: “Rebuilding Afghanistan is the most cynically pro-American thing you could do anywhere in […]