George B. Lambrakis was a State Department Foreign Service officer from 1957 to 1985, after two years with USIS in Vietnam and Laos. He served […]
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Time is ticking: Israel’s balancing act in Ukraine is likely to backfire
( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s balancing act in the Russia-Ukraine war is likely to falter soon, simply because the resulting NATO-Russia conflict is […]
Ukraine War Threatens Wheat Supply to Egypt, where a Meal isn’t complete without Bread
Jessica Barnes, University of South Carolina | Russia’s war on Ukraine is disrupting global grain supplies. Restrictions on navigation in the Azov Sea and the […]
Largest American Wind Farm ever Built all-at-Once Opens in Oklahoma, Saves Customers $1 Billion over Fossil fuels
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This week, American Electric Power (AEP), which operates in several states, inaugurated what it called the largest wind farm in […]
U.S. Sanctions Russia for its Invasion of Ukraine; Now Sanction Israel for its Occupation of Palestine
By Jeff Warner and Yossi Khen | – ( The Markaz Review ) – Russian President Vladimir Putin claims that Ukraine has no right of […]
American Exceptionalism is the Wrong Lens for our Massive Carbon Dioxide Emissions
By Aviva Chomsky | – Three years after the end of World War II, diplomat George Kennan outlined the challenges the country faced this way: […]
US Deplores Russia’s ‘Shock and Awe’ against Ukraine, but Found its own Against Iraq “Spectacular”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The scenes of the horrible destruction that Russia is inflicting on Ukraine’s civilian cities, from Kharkiv to Mariupol, and the […]
Will war in Ukraine hasten the end of fossil fuels in the West?
By Jack Marley | – Four weeks have passed since Russian troops invaded Ukraine. To impede the onslaught of Vladimir Putin’s war machine, countries in […]
Ending the War in Ukraine: No diplomatic solution is possible without serious pressure on Putin
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Vladimir Putin has a very clear strategy for ending his war in Ukraine. He intends to wipe the […]
International Law and the Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Movement
By Rania Muhareb | – ( Al-Shabaka) – The Unity Intifada of May 2021 emphasized the centrality of Palestinian popular mobilization in the struggle against […]
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