14+ hour, 36+ min 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, 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…...

1+ week, 1+ 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   (320+ words) Still, none of that was broadcast publicly to the entire world. It simply came out later. Donald Trump, however, represents a first when it comes to so many things and that includes a recent violent form of presidential cursing in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1049+ words) Melanie O’Brien, The University of Western Australia The Trump administration has consistently viewed itself as being above international law. Not only does it claim international law doesn’t apply to the United States, it has imposed sanctions on officials of the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (220+ words) ( Tom Engelhardt Substack ) – Honestly, you couldn’t make this world up, could you? Before 2016, in what grim fantasy (or comedy) would Donald Trump ever have appeared as president of the United States? Once upon a time, I couldn’t have imagined such…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (237+ words) ( Tom Engelhardt Substack ) – Hey, Donald Trump couldn’t have made it clearer that he wanted to go to war with Iran, could he? “I Want to Give Them Every Last Chance Before Decapitation” The truth is that Donald Trump’s brain, returned…...