When Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) expressed her support for an ICC investigation into war crimes committed by both the United States and its enemies, she broke an unspoken rule in mainstream political discourse: no Muslim shall speak about Western government crimes that occur in Muslim majority countries. Omar asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken a […]
Iran’s presidential election was framed as a religious and national duty with heavy stress on participation. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made three speeches prior to the polling to put as much pressure on the voters as his position allows. The result was a foregone conclusion. The stage had already been set and actors choreographed. Now, […]
During Donald Trump’s one-term presidency, the US greatly retreated from international institutions like the United Nations in favor of an “America First” foreign policy. In response, China has been attempting to gain greater leverage in the UN, directly challenging American leadership on a host of international issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Keen to avoid taking […]
Although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been toppled, he remains the leader of Israel’s largest party in the Knesset. His enduring power was made clear as he was ousted by a margin of a single vote. Despite the broad alliance of the opposition parties that ousted him, they were only able to muster 60 votes to […]
Here are the rules, OK? The United States is the greatest, most moral country to ever exist. It brings democracy to all the poor savages in the rest of the world, who are incapable of knowing what’s good for them. It doesn’t commit war crimes, there’s just some occasional collateral damage amid all that democracy-building. […]
The 11-day showdown between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza has changed the dynamics of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in many ways after years of political inertia that left the right wing government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with room to accelerate the demographic change in East Jerusalem and the de facto annexation of the […]
We are led to believe that history is being made in Israel following the formation of an ideologically diverse government coalition that, for the first time, includes an Arab party, Ra’am, or the United Arab List. If we are to accept this logic, the leader of Ra’am, Mansour Abbas, is a mover and shaker of […]
In order to compete more successfully with China, the Biden administration has argued that the United States must strengthen its Indo-Pacific alliances and partnerships. What the new administration has not answered is a critical question on the minds of many: Will Washington prioritize national interests or national values? If President Joe Biden plans to prioritize […]
It did not look like a typical presidential address before US Congress. There was no packed House chamber due to pandemic guidelines. But there was a far more important difference this year: The return of normal presidential rhetoric and the embrace of traditional democratic values. As an added bonus, Americans saw two powerful women perched […]
The repercussions continue from US President Joe Biden’s official recognition of the so-called Armenian genocide on April 24. The statement’s unacceptable and arrogant approach in addressing the issue reveals that it was written very carefully by jurists. As of April 20, the news was that “Biden is getting ready to officially recognize it,” which was […]