Two factors will now determine the fate of the ceasefire: what happens in Hormuz, and whether Israel continues pummelling Lebanon David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and [...]
“There will be a considerable rebalancing of strategic and political power in the world in the next few years” Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: FreePik Over the last couple of [...]
Iran now knows it has won the war and can drive a hard bargain, but appears to be returning to its pre-war vacillation and trust of Israel and the USA respecting negotiations. Chris Hedges is [...]
The ceasefire’s durability will hinge on whether Trump can restrain Israel from undermining the diplomatic track. On this point, there should be no illusions Trita Parsi is the co-founder and Executive Vice president of the [...]
Iran has had the same terms on the table for weeks — which would mean that it is in fact the White House who is backing down. Caitlin Johnstone is a reader-supported independent journalist from Melbourne, Australia. [...]
If you think the war is over, think again. Iran has not agreed to a ceasefire. They have agreed to stop retaliating as long as Israel and the US stop their attacks. So that ball [...]
Britain former PM shows there’s no price to be paid for engineering mass slaughter in the service of western empire. Which is why those crimes not only continue, but grow in scale Jonathan Cook is [...]
Emails from a friend of Norman Finkelstein apparently living in Tehran that Finkelstein has shared Norman Finkelstein is is an American political scientist and activist. His primary fields of research are the politics of the [...]
Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early [...]
