by Abolghasem Bayyenat | Apr 10, 2023 | War & Peace
The recent Saudi-Iranian rapprochement deal brokered by the Chinese government, which restored diplomatic relations between the two rival Persian Gulf nations after around seven years, has received wide media attention. Many political commentators and analysts have...
by Phyllis Bennis | Mar 29, 2023 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, War & Peace
This March marked the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. The war left at least 800,000 to 1.1 million Iraqis dead, and certainly many more injured, maimed, and permanently displaced. The invasion and subsequent military occupation destroyed...
by John Feffer | Mar 22, 2023 | War & Peace
Leaving aside the manufactured justifications, the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 to reassert U.S. power in the Middle East and reduce the influence of Iran. It wasn’t terrorism or yellow cake or even Saddam Hussein’s appalling human rights abuses that motivated...
by Phyllis Bennis | Feb 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
This article was jointly produced by Foreign Policy In Focus and InTheseTimes.com. Since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives earlier this year, the so-called “Freedom Caucus” — the badly misnamed right-fringe of the congressional GOP — has been...
by Phyllis Bennis | Nov 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
There is a desperate need for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Russia’s war continues to bring death to thousands, displacement of millions, and the destruction of towns and cities across Ukraine. The war, now entering its ninth month, has been illegal from day one. It...
