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The U.S. Needs a New Purpose in the Middle East
Foreign Policy Magazine· 2 days agoWhen we arrived at the gates of Iraq’s Bardarash refugee camp in December 2019, the emotional pain of the scene leveled me: Cold, wind-swept rain fell as...
What friends of Israel and the Palestinians should be demanding now - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoFor some, it might seem easy to dismiss such condemnation as noise from predictably anti-Israeli...
Iraq: Threats and Annoyances
Strategy Page· 5 days agoSeptember 15, 2023: Iran continues to be the main threat for neighboring Iraq. For example, Iranians are largely members of the Shia branch of Islam. Only about ten percent of Moslems are Shia ...
Iraq: Popular Insurrection Against Broken Promises
Strategy Page· 6 days agoJuly 27, 2018: The growing unrest in southern Iraq is spreading and in early July became more anti-corruption than anti-Iran. Tribal leaders were more in touch with how most ...
Mali: Europe Gets A Clue
Strategy Page· 6 days agogovernment is not threatened by Islamic terrorism, but by ethnic and tribal divisions that are common throughout Africa. It is not African politics that persuades European ...
Readers blast Rishi Sunak’s plans for national service as ‘ill-conceived, headline-grabbing’ and...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSo refusal to be coerced may make youngsters unemployable. And what of the ones who accept being...
US Arms Sales Are a Clear and Present Danger
Ludwig von Mises Institute· 7 days agoThe Biden administration’s recent decision to pause an arms sale to Israel elicited predictable reactions from advocates for both sides of the Gaza War...
Presenting: The Current Affairs Briefy Awards! ❧ Current Affairs
Current Affairs· 5 days agoAs you’ll already know if you’ve subscribed to it, the Current Affairs Biweekly News Briefing just...
Paramilitary: China And The Prince Of Blackwater
Strategy Page· 3 days agoAlong the way, the mass media left out the fact that firms like Blackwater continue to be used by government agencies (like the State Department, CIA and others) who had personnel ...
Israel: Israel June 2024 Update
Strategy Page· 2 days agoJune 3, 2024: Israel and Hamas recently agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza, where fighting had been going on since the initial Hamas offensive in October 2023. This is what Hamas is currently doing ...