“The key to Iran’s leverage right now … is the Strait of Hormuz.” “If the future of international law is that it comes completely unraveled, we are going to be …
Ray McGovern on Araghchi in Russia, U.S. & Israeli naval piracy, and more
The former CIA official, now longtime antiwar activist and thinker, Ray McGovern noted Friday that Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has warned Pres. Trump in the strongest possible terms against launching …
Helena Cobban on Hormuz’s 5,000-year role at the hinge of history
5,000 years ago, the Strait of Hormuz was a key connecting point between the seminal ancient civilizations in the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq.) That was a key insight …
Trita Parsi on the prospects, dynamics, as end of U.S.-Iran ceasefire approaches
“The most likely scenario, and I would put it at 70%… is that there will essentially be a new non-negotiated status quo that ends the war… Trump ends the war, …
Rami Zurayk on Israel’s ongoing assault against Lebanon
In April 12, JWE president Helena Cobban conducted a timely conversation with with Prof. Rami Zurayk on the impact on Lebanon of the violence that Israel has unleashed against the …
Amb. Chas Freeman on the China-Pakistan peace initiative
In an April 1 conversation with Helena Cobban, retired U.S. Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr argued that the peace initiative that China and Pakistan proposed on March 31 for the …
Vijay Prashad on the implications of Iran’s achievements in the war for the Khalij, West Asia, and the world
“There is no way, there is no scenario, no supercomputer can devise a scenario where Israel and the United States can win this war politically. It’s just– it is actually …
Helena Cobban on the paralysis of the UN and the responsibilities of U.S. citizens
“It’s important to note the paralysis of the United Nations” was a central warning in an online talk that JWE president Helena Cobban gave on March 20, in which she …
Make the Gulf/Khalij a Zone of Peace!
I’ve been thinking and writing a lot recently (e.g., here) about the need to make the whole of the Persian/Arabian Gulf (the “Khalij”) a Zone of Peace, often casting this …
Barbara Slavin on Trump’s “cosmic roll of the dice” in Iran
Pres. Trump “has essentially decided on a cosmic roll of the dice and gone up against Iran,” the long-time Iran expert Barbara Slavin told Just World Ed president Helena Cobban …