Trabzon, Turkey (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The U.S. presidential elections are among the most consequential for the Middle East, second only to elections […]
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A.I. may kill us All, but not the Way you Think
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The conventional Artificial Intelligence doomsday scenario runs like this. A robot acquires sentience and decides for some reason […]
Ten Conflicts to Understand the New Middle East
Review of : Christopher Phillips, Battleground: 10 Conflicts That Explain the New Middle East. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2024. Munich, Germany (Special […]
Defeat Culture: The Decline and Fall of Presidential America
( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s not a happenstance or some sad mistake that, barring a surprise, Americans will go to the polls in November to […]
Hamas’ War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (HRW)
“I Can’t Erase All the Blood from My Mind” Palestinian Armed Groups’ October 7 Assault on Israel October 7 Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes by […]
China and the Slowing Petroleum Market: EVs displaced 1.5 mn. Barrels per Day in 2024
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency signaled last week that the rate of increase in world petroleum demand fell in the second […]
For Republicans, the Bill is coming due for their “Project 2025”
‘I’m not trying to scare us; I’m trying to inform us.’ ( Florida Phoenix ) – On June 30, actress Taraji P. Henson paused her […]
Lebanese Society is Split over a Potential War with Israel
Rola El-Husseini, Lund University | – (The Conversation) – Hezbollah began launching rockets into northern Israel in solidarity with Palestinians shortly after the start of […]
NATO must rethink Expansion Plans, step back from Precipice of Nuclear Confrontation with Russia
Auburn, Alabama (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There’s a history to the war between Russia and the West going back to the Cold War […]
Moral Passion over Gaza and the Extremes of Protest
By Nan Levinson ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It began with Aaron Bushnell and a visceral response of mine: Why would anyone do such a thing? […]
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