Russian And Chinese Focus Alights On Iraq’s Strategically Vital Akkas Project
To what ought to be the considerable embarrassment of the US, China and Russia looks set to cinch a major gas licensing deal in Iraq.
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Hamas-Israel Hostage Deal Only a Pause in Destruction of Gaza
The Hamas-Israel hostage/4 day pause deal does not change the trajectory of the conflict.
Read more...Gaza: Did the West Learn Nothing from the Peace Process in Ireland?
UK politicians’ ambivalence over a Gaza ceasefire shows how little they learned from the Troubles
Read more...Michael Hudson: Were the Prophets Anti-Semitic? Debunking Netanyahu’s Distorted Biblical Justifications for Genocide
Michael Hudson explains why Netanyahu’s invocation of Samuel is a rank distortion of Mosaic covenants and the implications of that episode.
Read more...Moshe Dayan: ‘What Cause Have We to Complain About Their Hatred of Us?’
Dayan described how ethnic cleansing of Palestinians was an inherent element of Israel’s plans. But that may be hitting its limits. What now?
Read more...Qatar’s Careful Balancing Act In Energy And Geopolitics
Simon Watkins contends that the Biden Administration regards Qatar as an ally, despite its sponsorship of Hamas.
Read more...Israeli War Crimes and Propaganda Follow US Blueprint
More on the hollow justifications for Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
Read more...What Did the Houthis’ Attempted Bombing of Israel Aim to Achieve?
The Houthis are trying to mix things up, at least a little bit, in the conflict in Gaza. To what end?
Read more...Western Propaganda Gets More Desperate as World Majority Sides with China and Russia Against the US over Gaza
The New York Times leads the charge in trying to depict Moscow and Beijing as antisemitic or anti-Israel to discredit their peace proposals.
Read more...The Politics of the Slaughter of Everybody
Paging Santayana. What happened to the Athenians after they acted on their confidence in their ability to slaughter the Melians.
Read more...Iran’s Proposed Embargo Could Cause Chaos in Oil Markets
A brief look at the impact of the 1970s oil embargo, and what the effects might be if one were implemented now.
Read more...The Impossibility of Negotiated Settlements in the Gaza and Ukraine Conflicts
Although some analysts have given reasons why negotiated solutions to the wars in the Gaza and Ukraine are not in the cards, for the most part, they have also been hesitant to say that in a simple noun-verb sentence. Perhaps they hope against hope that a frame-breaking event will radically shift the current boundary conditions […]
Read more...Nasrallah’s Speech Confirms that “MAD” Has Been Reached Between Israel-US & the Resistance Axis
Hebollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a fiery speech on the conflict in Gaza that fell short of a call for escalation…at least right now.
Read more...Egypt Is Playing an Extremely High-Stakes Game in Gaza That Could End in Genocide
Egypt firmy restates its red line of not letting Gaza refugees decamp en mass into Sinai and suggests it would go to war with Israel if needed
Read more...US Neocons Accidentally Act as Great Uniter in Caucasus
Attempts to use Armenia to destabilize Caucasus backfire spectacularly.
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