16+ hour, 11+ min ago   (337+ words) It also tells me that Trump is in deep trouble with his electorate over diesel prices, which affect commodity prices generally, and that he is desperate. According to a late August Reuters/ Ipsos opinion poll, nearly half of respondents say…...

1+ day, 16+ hour 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…...

4+ day, 18+ 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,…...

5+ day, 17+ 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (242+ words) ( Truthdig ) – We are in the seventh month of a war Donald Trump began on a whim, waged incoherently and lost decisively. But in the demented, steadily shrinking Trump World, he is a hero. Last week, he proudly declared “Mission Accomplished…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (930+ words) By Amin Saikal, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University (The Conversation) – President Donald Trump has entangled the United States in a war of choice with Iran that he cannot easily win or quit. The war was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) Still, none of that was broadcast publicly to the entire world. It simply came out later. Donald Trump, however, represents a first when it comes to so many things and that includes a recent violent form of presidential cursing in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (165+ words) Middle East Monitor 09/01/2026 Iran has therefore become highly experienced in containing sanctions. China represents a key factor in limiting the effectiveness of any sanctions regime against Iran, as it is the largest buyer of Iranian oil. Taken together, these factors…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (481+ words) Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The military front in the US war on Iran had been quiet in August, but on Sunday the US launched missile attacks on Larak island in southern Iran. The US military said that it targeted rocket…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (237+ words) ( Tom Engelhardt Substack ) – Hey, Donald Trump couldn’t have made it clearer that he wanted to go to war with Iran, could he? “I Want to Give Them Every Last Chance Before Decapitation” The truth is that Donald Trump’s brain, returned…...