By Tamim Ansary * – The Guardian The US and British withdrawal has set off panic, but the truth is they were exacerbating the problem they were trying to solve Friends keep asking me to sign petitions urging President Biden to change his mind about withdrawing troops from…
By Aisha Jumaan and Charles Pierson (*) – Common Dreams While he is a welcome change from the incompetence, venality, and cruelty of the Trump Administration, Biden has continued the Obama and Trump Administrations’ support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen In his first major…
By Natasha Lindstaedt* – The Conversation Afghanistan is falling apart. With US and Nato troops leaving the country earlier than planned, experts are warning that the Taliban could take control of the country within six months. Currently the insurgents control the strategically…
By Tom Engelhardt* – TomDispatch Three-Quarters of a Century of Nuclear Follies — And That’s Just Where to Begin Yes, once upon a time I regularly absorbed science fiction and imagined futures of wonder, but mainly of horror. What else could you think, if you read H.G.
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Andrew Bacevich, president and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
By John Washington* – The Nation A decade after the first shots were fired, cities are in ruins, over half a million Syrians have died, and more than ten million have been displaced “Bombing, bombing, bombing”—that’s how Ahmad Yassin Leila recently described the whirlwind…
By John Scales Avery* A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book, which discusses the reasons why the institution of war continues to threaten human civilization and the biosphere, and the steps that might be taken to rid the world of war…
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK, Jun 25 2021 (IPS) – Every Israeli will sooner than later realize that the creation of a Palestinian state is the only way by which Israel can protect its democracy, independence, national security and national Jewish identity. Denying Palestinian…
By Vijay Prashad * – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute The United States, which has prosecuted a war against Afghanistan since October 2001, has promised to withdraw its combat troops by September 11, 2021. This war has failed to attain any of the…
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The United States is withdrawing air defense capabilities from several Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan, with most of the withdrawals being from Saudi Arabia. According to the report, the…
