“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 …
Richard Falk on his fateful meeting with Khomeini, the ‘delusion’ of international law, and more
“The idea that the Nuremberg Principles or the [UN] Charter, as generally perceived, were intended to nullify the discretion of the geopolitical actors is a delusion that goes back to …
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 …
New PalCast Episode: Gaza bleeds as the world looks away
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New PalCast Episode: My Brother Was Food For Wild Dogs
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Dr. Moeed Pirzada on Pakistan’s Role and Fears of Renewed Conflict
“We are expecting any new attack from both Israel and United States anytime within the next 24 hours.” This was the somber warning voiced on the evening of April 23 …
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, …
Mouin Rabbani on West Asia-wide and global implications of recent U.S. moves re Iran
“Future historians may well point to this war as the moment when US imperial decline became unmistakable and irreversible.” This was one of the most important assessments that veteran Palestinian …
Muhammad Shehada’s piercing takedown of the “Board of Peace”
On April 13, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace presented an online round-table on “The Board of Peace, Gaza, and the Future of Multilateralism.” Gaza-born analyst Muhammad Shehada‘s contribution was …