‘Out of Mesopotamia’ Is a Great War Novel
Iranian-American author captures how combat has a Peter Pan quality, allowing fighters, as well as war correspondents, to escape from the drudgery of daily life and never grow up.
Rouhani Tells Biden How to Get the Iran Deal Back on Track
The Iranian president is signaling to the U.S. and to Europe that if they want Iran to go back to observing the stringent stipulations of the JCPOA, they have to…
David Shimer: Are Russia and US Actually Different When It Comes to Election Meddling?
Engaging from different historical worldviews, Scheer and Shimer engage in a spirited conversation on an old yet timely debate.
Patrick Cockburn: The Cynical Forces Behind America’s Forever Wars
The journalist examines the disastrous inevitability of America’s failures in the Middle East as the region continues to reel from decades of U.S.-sponsored turmoil.
Fundamentalist Pandemics
A Tomgram: Juan Cole, Iran and the U.S., an irony of curious affinity.
Netanyahu Uses Apparently Faked Docs to Push US Toward War with Iran
An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli fabrication designed to trigger US military conflict with Iran.
The Last Empire?: Portugal’s Cautionary Tale and the Costs of Forever War
The lack of even a corona-blip on the militarist radar ought raise solemn questions regarding the degree of democracy in the "democratic" U.S. national security structures, and the state of…
Trita Parsi: Having Iran as an Enemy Is Very Convenient for the U.S.
The founder and president of the National Iranian American Council talks about the United States’ resistance to normalizing relations with Iran.