Category: News & Analysis
What Has Publicly Blaming Cyber Attacks on Governm...
Posted by Emilio Iasiello | Jun 11, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US | 2 |
Afghan Peace is Now About the Art of the Possible,...
Posted by Ben Acheson | Apr 25, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics | 4 |
COVID-19: What You Need to Know about Fatality Rat...
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 25, 2020 | Europe, Featured, News & Analysis, Science, US | 11 |
SARS-CoV-2 Response: Imperial College Model and Lo...
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 17, 2020 | Europe, Featured, News & Analysis, Politics, Science, US | 5 |
SARS-CoV-2 Response: Where Do We Go from Here? (In...
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 17, 2020 | Featured, News & Analysis, Politics, Science, US | 1 |
Lebanon’s Dubious Second Wave and the Need to End Lockdown
by George Ajjan | Jun 12, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics
Lebanon must end its lockdown or face economic, fiscal, and monetary disasters that pose an even greater threat to the country than COVID-19.
What Has Publicly Blaming Cyber Attacks on Governments Solved?
by Emilio Iasiello | Jun 11, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Blaming cyber attacks on governments has become routine, but has it resulted in accountability, punishment, or reduction in hostile cyber activities?
Afghan Peace is Now About the Art of the Possible, Not the Perfect
by Ben Acheson | Apr 25, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
The current political crisis in Afghanistan is actually an important step towards a realistic peaceful solution: a political “unsettlement”.
COVID-19: What You Need to Know about Fatality Rates
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 25, 2020 | Europe, Featured, News & Analysis, Science, US
Inherently overestimated COVID-19 fatality rates have created mass fear and panic, manufacturing consent for extreme and harmful authoritarian policies.
SARS-CoV-2 Response: Imperial College Model and Lockdown Endgame
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 17, 2020 | Europe, Featured, News & Analysis, Politics, Science, US
The influential Imperial College model governments have used to justify economic shutdown shows that lockdown only delays and worsens the problem long-term.
SARS-CoV-2 Response: Where Do We Go from Here? (Introduction)
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 17, 2020 | Featured, News & Analysis, Politics, Science, US
In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, governments have implemented authoritarian lockdown measures that could easily be doing more harm than good.
Beyond Israeli Elections: Israel at the Cusp of a Bleak Era
by Ramzy Baroud | Feb 28, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
Israelis now find themselves at the cusp of a new era defined by the breakdown of the country’s legal system, political crisis and social instability.
‘The Donald Trump I know’: Abbas’s UN Speech and the Breakdown of Palestinian Politics
by Ramzy Baroud | Feb 22, 2020 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US
The real danger in the ‘Deal of the Century’ is that the Palestinian Authority will find a way to co-exist with it at the expense of the Palestinian people.
Toward Virus Crossroads?
by Dan Steinbock | Feb 13, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, Science
In the coming days, new confirmed cases of the virus outbreak will continue to rise. Nevertheless, there may be some possible signs of steadying in China.
Crisis and Opportunity: The ‘Deal of the Century’ Challenge for Palestinians
by Ramzy Baroud | Feb 6, 2020 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US
The problem with the Palestinian leadership is that, despite its frequent protestations and angry condemnations, it is yet to take independent initiatives or operate outside the American-Israeli paradigm.
Pioneering Effort to Contain Coronavirus Outbreak in Megacities
by Dan Steinbock | Jan 31, 2020 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
Chinese government has used very strong measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. The ultimate economic impact will depend on the eventual diffusion and infectiousness of the new virus.
Pipeline or a Pipedream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean
by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 30, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics
What seemed like a lucrative deal, with immense geopolitical significance from an Israeli point of view, now appears to be another extension of the wider Middle Eastern conflict.
In the Name of “Israel’s Security”: Retreating US Gives Israel Billions More in Military Funding
by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 24, 2020 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US
US funding of Israel’s military adventures continues unabated despite the rapidly changing political reality in the Middle East.
Rome, Iran, and the Specters of Antiquity
by Jason Schlude | Jan 24, 2020 | Europe, Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Western statesmen have sought war with Iran often informed by their personal interest, with devastating results.
Sealed Off and Forgotten: What You Should Know about Israel’s ‘Firing Zones’ in the West Bank
by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 18, 2020 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
There is no military logic in the world that could rationally justify the barring of medical access to an isolated community, as Israel has done.
Why We Need Decolonization in 2020
by David Swanson | Jan 17, 2020 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
The immediate opportunity for decolonization in 2020, of course, is joining Iraq in demanding that the US close its bases in Iraq.
Attacks on Iran, Past and Present: The Assassination of General Qasem Soleimani
by John Avery | Jan 14, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
The US assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani is the latest in a long history of attacks against Iran and could escalate into war.
The Story of Trump’s Perilous Iran Escalation
by Dan Steinbock | Jan 14, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
The Trump assassination of major general Qasem Soleimani reflects regime change efforts that have taken a perilous turn.
Justice at Last? ‘Panic’ in Israel as the ICC Takes ‘Momentous Step’ in the Right Direction
by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 8, 2020 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has concluded that it has jurisdiction to investigate war crimes in the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories.
The ‘Great Game’ is Afoot: Killing Soleimani Reflects US Desperation in the Middle East
by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 8, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Judging by past experiences, it is likely that Washington will regret assassinating the Iranian general for many years to come.