On this edition of The Critical Hour, co-hosts Dr. Wilmer Leon and Garland Nixon talk to Dr. Marvin Weinbaum, director of the Middle East Institute's Center for Pakistan and Afghanistan Studies, about the peace talks in Afghanistan.
Peace talks opened in Afghanistan over the weekend. Representatives of the Afghan government and Taliban are meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha. Are we closer to an end to the war in the country?
“The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the highest one-day increase in coronavirus infections since the pandemic began: more than 308,000 new cases,” the Washington Post reported Monday. “India, the United States and Brazil logged the largest numbers of new infections on Sunday.” How significant of a signal is this?
“The European Union has ramped up pressure on [UK] Prime Minister Boris Johnson to step back from breaking the Brexit divorce treaty, delaying a key decision on London's euro clearing just as he faces a rebellion in the British parliament,” Reuters reported Monday. Is this political hardball or just a game of chicken?
The US West Coast is on fire, again. “The heat from one fire in California has been so strong that it generated its own thunderstorm cloud,” Vice News reported on September 10. “There were at least 24 large wildfires in California, 14 in Oregon, and another 12 in Washington as of Wednesday [September 9], according to the National Interagency Fire Center.” But heaven forbid we start discussing climate…
