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Have the US, Israel and Saudis lost the Battle of the Narrows?
7+ hour, 2+ min 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…...
Beyond Iran: Washington's Long Record of Middle East Blunders
8+ hour, 58+ 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…...
Britain Finally bans Goods from the Israeli-Occupied West Bank
3+ day, 7+ 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…...
Hot, Hotter, Hottest: The President from (Literally) Hell
3+ day, 9+ 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,…...
Gaza Scholasticide and the American Historical Association
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (157+ words) Informed Comment Academics For Peace on Instagram posted my video for Historians for Peace and Democracy, protesting the refusal of the Council of the American Historical Association to allow the membership to vote on resolutions condemning Israel’s scholasticide against the…...
Iran War: Tehran’s assertive Rhetoric signals a new and dangerous Phase in Conflict
4+ day, 8+ 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…...
Israeli Strikes Wound Journalists in Lebanon and Gaza amid "Ceasefires"
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (334+ words) ( Committee to Protect Journalists) – Amman | – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the recent escalation in Israeli strikes on Gaza and Lebanon, which have injured at least four journalists, including three on Sunday, underscoring the fragility of the ceasefires…...
UN Wants to Right-Size Maps; would it have Saved Trump from Iran Catastrophe?
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (411+ words) Ironically, the Mercator maps probably misled Trump, who is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, into thinking that Greenland is significant enough to go to war with Europe over. As a historian of the Global South, I have long…...