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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Ukraine, Libya, and the Enduring Global Disorder
Washington, D.C. (Special to Informed Comment) – According to some analyses, the ongoing war in Ukraine appears to have finally put to rest the illusion […]
Russia in Ukraine: Is Turkey’s neutrality Option Viable?
By Omar Kosh | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Turkish politicians waited for several days before describing the events in Ukraine as a […]
Why Apple, Disney, IKEA and hundreds of other Western companies are abandoning Russia with barely a shrug
By Douglas Schuler and Laura Marie Edinger-Schons | – Many companies in the U.S. and elsewhere have been quick to sever ties to Russia – […]
Ukraine: What the Libya War tells us about Why we Really don’t want a NATO No-Fly Zone
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tracy Wilkinson at the Los Angeles Times writes about the no-fly zone proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and […]
US Media (Rightly) focuses on Ukrainian Rights, but it Racializes Muslims deprived of those Same Rights
(Special to Informed Comment) – Speaking about the significance of knowledge and its role in democracy, President John F. Kennedy once stated that only an […]
Ukraine: Russian Assault Kills Fleeing Civilians, suggesting Laws of War Violations (HRW)
( Human Rights Watch ) – For several hours on March 6, 2022, Russian forces bombarded an intersection on a road that hundreds of civilians […]
Our Ukraine Wake-Up Call: The Global Age is Upon Us
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In recent days, experts have begun laying out the potential hardships the Russian invasion of Ukraine might inflict here in the […]
Western Sympathy for White Ukrainian Refugees, while ignoring, demonizing Palestinian Refugees from Israeli Aggression
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Raed Qadura writing at Al Jazeera points to the “Hypocrisy Crisis” in the international coverage of Russia in Ukraine versus […]
Combating Honor Killings among Kurds: Is a New kind of Education Needed?
(Special to Informed Comment) – Four women were victims of honor killings during the week of February 17, 2022 in Iraqi Kurdistan. The following week, […]