11+ hour, 55+ min ago   (337+ words) It also tells me that Trump is in deep trouble with his electorate over diesel prices, which affect commodity prices generally, and that he is desperate. According to a late August Reuters/ Ipsos opinion poll, nearly half of respondents say…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (335+ words) Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 19th century American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan stressed that a great maritime empire needn’t control the seas but rather must establish dominance over what he called “the narrows.” We would now say “chokepoints.” The United…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (951+ words) ( Middle East Monitor ) – The US government continues to double down, even as its stubbornness costs it dearly—not only in material terms, but also in geopolitical influence. Washington is rapidly losing power and status in the Middle East, a decline…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (481+ words) This decision will be followed by several other countries. Last September, Britain together with several other European countries and Canada recognized the state of Palestine. Today, Miliband said that eleven countries, including France, Canada, Spain and Poland, will implement the…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (429+ words) ( Tom Engelhardt Substack ) – Honestly, I don’t think we really get it yet. Let’s face it. It’s going to be hot, hot, hot. Or do I mean hotter, hotter, hotter, or even hottest, hottest, hottest, or someday, for all we know,…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (860+ words) By Bamo Nouri, City St George’s, University of London and Inderjeet Parmar, City St George’s, University of London Tehran has also announced it is preparing to sign an agreement with Oman which would establish a new corridor through the Strait…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (699+ words) Informed Comment...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (711+ words) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told Fox News (8/8/26; Time, 8/13/26) that El-Sayed and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani are “Islamists”: “They want Sharia law, they hate Jews, they hate Christians, they hate capitalism, they hate America.” President Trump got in on…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (242+ words) ( Truthdig ) – We are in the seventh month of a war Donald Trump began on a whim, waged incoherently and lost decisively. But in the demented, steadily shrinking Trump World, he is a hero. Last week, he proudly declared “Mission Accomplished…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (234+ words) Originally published in Gad World. ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Anti-Muslim sentiment is on the rise in the United States, and yet Muslim political candidates are enjoying a banner year. This sentiment, however, isn’t restricted to the level of the states....