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Don’t Sit Tight: Congress Can Still Tank the Iran Deal

Don’t Sit Tight: Congress Can Still Tank the Iran Deal

by Phyllis Bennis, Kevin Martin | Aug 10, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace

Members of Congress are fleeing Washington’s steam bath for their August recess, making this a key time for constituents to raise their voices on crucial issues. Right now, the biggest thing lawmakers must decide is whether they’ll join the 54 percent of voters who...
How the Iran Deal Could Reshape the Middle East

How the Iran Deal Could Reshape the Middle East

by Benjamin Tua | Aug 8, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace

The profound changes occurring in the Middle East have led to exaggerated estimates of a decline of U.S. influence in the Middle East. There is a sense that the U.S. ability to “call the shots” has been diminished, and concern that the United States is likely to...
Behind Washington’s ‘Crackpot’ Deal with Turkey to Fight ISIS

Behind Washington’s ‘Crackpot’ Deal with Turkey to Fight ISIS

by Conn Hallinan | Aug 4, 2015 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace

The recent agreement between Turkey and the United States to cooperate against the Islamic State in Syria brings to mind the sociologist C. Wright Mills’ description of those who make American foreign policy as “crackpot realists”: realists about...
Regional Powers Seek to Use War Against Islamic State to Defeat Their Traditional Enemies

Regional Powers Seek to Use War Against Islamic State to Defeat Their Traditional Enemies

by Russ Wellen | Aug 4, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace

Despite how the Islamic State continues to seek to extend its territory and commit atrocities, the three main regional powers still can’t seem to keep their eyes on the ball. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel continue to prioritize other perceived threats instead. At...
How the Iran Deal Could Reshape the Middle East

Iran Nuclear Deal Redraws Middle East Map

by Keith K C Hui | Jul 21, 2015 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace

Take a look at the map of the Middle East and North Africa. You can see many straight lines labeled as the ‘national’ boundaries of countries like Yemen, Oman, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Sudan and so on. These unnatural political borders which were arbitrarily sliced by...
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