At least 24 people were killed, and 13 were wounded in recent violence: South of Dujail in 14th Ramadan village, gunmen killed 16 people and wounded four more at three different homes, which belonged to sons of Judge Rahim al-Marzouq. Most of the victims were women...
526 Killed in Iraq or in Iraqi Operations near the Syrian Border During April; 1,444 Found in Mass Graves
The Politics of Water and Peace in the Middle East
The Middle East, oil-rich but water-poor, with about six percent of the world’s population, has only one percent of the earth’s renewable water resources. Fourteen Middle East and North African (MENA) countries are among the 33 most water-stressed in the world....
The Non-Options: 4 Wars the Military Prepares for But Shouldn’t Fight
There’s nothing military men like more than obsessively training for wars they will never have to fight. The trick is not to stumble into a conflict that no one will win. The most senior officers and sergeants refer to them as the "good old days." The Cold...
Ten Foreign ISIS Wives Given Death Sentences; 10 Others Killed in Iraq
Nicholas Kristof, Korea, and the Orientalist Temptation
The stupidity and arrogance of America’s political class is on full display lately, and the White House Correspondent’s “roast” is the least of it (albeit the most visible). The conceit and open identification with Power – i.e., with the very Washington insiders...
Deadly Turkish Operations at Kurdistan Border; 30 Killed in Iraq
Korea and the Geopolitics of the Impossible
Editor's Note: This was written before the North-South Korean Summit which took place on April 26-27. In geopolitics, everything is impossible – until, suddenly, it isn‘t. Wars that no one ever believed could happen flare into existence, and stable societies...


