by Adil E. Shamoo | Aug 13, 2015 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
The atrocities of ISIS become more shocking every day. In June, the Iraqis exhumed nearly 600 bodies of Shia recruits in Tikrit, an important Sunni Triangle city north of Baghdad. ISIS appears to have executed as many as 1,700 Iraqis and buried them in mass graves....
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...
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...
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...
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...
