Review of Amin Saikal, “How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan” (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2024). Munich, […]
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The Revolt of the Rational: Women and other Mainstream Americans rise against the Forced-Birth Republicans and MAGA Fascism
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Fury at the MAGA majority on the Supreme Court and disgust at the lunatic extremism of MAGA candidates have […]
Tantura: New documentary Supports Palestinian Narrative of Massacres during 1948 Nakba (Expulsions)
By Rudy Kisler, McGill University | – (The Conversation) – A new documentary, released earlier this year, is shining light on a violent and controversial […]
Nine out of 10 marine Species could disappear by 2100, Scientists warn
( Sustainability Times) – If the planet continues to warm at current rates, by the end of the century as many as 90% of marine […]
House Oversight Committee wants to Know why Saudis gave Jared Kushner $2 billion
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The House Committee on Oversight and Reform, chaired by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), sent a sharp letter to Trump […]
US Smug about Russia’s Failures in Ukraine, Forgetting the Iraq and Afghanistan Quagmires
(Tomdispatch.com) – In Washington, wide agreement exists that the Russian army’s performance in the Kremlin’s ongoing Ukraine “special military operation” ranks somewhere between lousy and […]
Those Iranian Planes Ferrying Drones to Moscow Flew over Georgia: But who gave Permission?
By Nadia Beard | – ( RFE/ RL) – TBILISI — Georgia’s position on the war in Ukraine has again come under domestic scrutiny after […]
African Odyssey: How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura Processions became an Annual Tradition
By Mara Leichtman, Michigan State University | – (The Conversation) – Each year, the largest contemporary Muslim pilgrimage takes place in Iraq to remember Imam […]
World’s largest Offshore Wind Farm Operational in UK, offering Lower Energy Prices, as Tories Scoff
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Danish wind energy company Orsted reported recently that its massive 1.3 gigawatt offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, off the […]
Working with Local Knowledge only way to save Pakistan from Flood Disasters
By Daanish Mustafa | – ( The Third Pole) – How would a decolonised water perspective and practice mitigate the effects of the type of […]