Trump and the Faustian Bargain of Corker and the GOP
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Republican Establishment doesn't want much in…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Republican Establishment doesn't want much in…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US and Turkey have ceased processing…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A new International Energy Agency report contains…
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Despite Trump, IAEA Confirms Iran’s Compliance with Nuclear Deal
TeleSur | - - Despite accusations by the Trump administration against Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal, the U.N. nuclear agency chief denied these claims. The International Atomic Energy Agency Director General…Yemen: Is Saudi Coalition deliberately Blocking Aid and Fuel to Civilians?
Human Rights Watch | - - Houthi-Saleh Obstruction also Heightens Crisis (Beirut) – The Saudi-led coalition’s restrictions on imports to Yemen have worsened the dire humanitarian situation of Yemeni civilians, Human Rights…Former US Allies peeling off under Trump: Turkey halts US Visas
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US and Turkey have ceased processing non-immigrant visas for one another's citizens. That's right. If you're an American and were planning to…Trump Finally Ditches the Iran Nuclear Deal, but at What Cost?
Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - President Trump is set to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, as reported by the global news media. That such a decision was coming was…What if we Gave Seven Wars and No Americans Noticed?
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Consider, if you will, these two indisputable facts. First, the United States is today more or less permanently engaged in hostilities in…What’s Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a “Terrorist”? His Whiteness
Zenobia Jeffries | ( Yes! Magazine) | - - Like other mass shooters before him, Stephen Paddock has the benefit of White privilege even in the most vicious of circumstances. Just when…Rouhani: Ten Trumps couldn’t scrap Iran Deal
TeleSur | - - "The nuclear deal was our moral victory,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said. Amid speculation that U.S. President Donald Trump is to “decertify” the Iran Nuclear Deal next week,…Plummeting in Polls, will Trump ‘Wag the Dog’ with Iran, N. Korea?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Voice of America reports that on Thursday, Trump met with US military leaders to discuss Iran and North Korea, then staged a…Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?
By Ludovica Marchi | (LSE: British Politics and Policy) | - - Violence in Myanmar has resulted in more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims leaving the country and seeking refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh.Ludovica…Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about Washington? Trump Reneges
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump appears likely to attempt to derail the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA]), next week. The deal curbs…Getting the Story: Combat Journalists and the Fixers they Depend On
By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - We were already roaring down the road when the young man called to me over his shoulder. There was a woman seated between us…Iraq: How Saddam Hussein’s Ghost haunts Kurdish Referendum
Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | - - Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein tried to exterminate the Kurds in Iraq. Now Iraqis angry about the Kurdish desire to secede are bringing…Colonial Legacy: When Dutch ‘Policing’ Op tried to bring down Indonesian Republic
By Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | - - (This essay irst appeared in Dutch in De Groene Amsterdammer) Inexplicable sounds entered our internment camp Seventy years ago this year the Netherlands…Iran and Turkey tag team Iraqi Kurds over Secession
TeleSur | - - "The only beneficiaries are the Zionist regime and the U.S.," Ayatollah Khamenei said. Warning against alleged foreign plots, the leaders of Turkey and Iran said harsh measures would…Top 5 signs Donald Trump might be an effing moron
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Carol E. Lee at NBC reported Wednesday that last summer Rex Tillerson, the secretary of state, called Trump a "f*cking moron." The remark…Germany and the Rise of a ‘Fascist International’
John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Germany funds foundations for its political parties. If the far right gets one, we're one step closer to globalizing the alt-right.…Israel to uproot 100k Palestinians by Annexing their Land
TeleSur | - - The move would hurt Palestine's aspirations of statehood. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed legislation that would lead to the annexation of nearly 19 Palestinian settlements and…Giraldi Controversy: No, US wars in Mideast are not for Israel Lobby
By Ian Berman* | (Informed Comment) | - - CIA Veteran Philip Giraldi kicked off a firestorm with his article, “America’s Jews are Driving America’s Wars.” A man of considerable experience with…Israel to close off Palestinian West Bank, Gaza for 11-day Jewish holiday
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities will completely seal off the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip for 11 consecutive days over the Jewish holiday of…Too Little, Too Late: Trump dedicates Golf Trophy to Puerto Rico as he readies to Fly there
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump dedicated a golf trophy to Puerto Rico Sunday, as he prepared to fly to the island on a propaganda tour. Retired Lt.…