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Follow @jricole on Twitter, Facebook, Email

Follow @jricole on Twitter, Facebook, Email

Juan Cole

Follow @jricole on Twitter. Some of my readers like the idea of one or two short essays a day, here at the blog. Others would like more frequent updates. I’ve been doing a lot of that at Twitter lately. Also, remember that if you’d prefer to get IC by email, here’s the link. You can […]

Egypt
Fox Smears Mursi with “Jerusalem Capital” Lie (Murphy)

Fox Smears Mursi with “Jerusalem Capital” Lie (Murphy)

Juan Cole

Anyone who watches Jon Stewart regularly knows that Fox News deliberately lies and manipulates video to fearmonger on behalf of the American Right wing. But Dan Murphy of the Christian Science Monitor catches them in a massive scam about Egypt’s new president. Fox passed off a video of a radical Muslim preacher, Safwat Higazi, as […]

Egypt
Will Egypt’s Mursi challenge US-Israeli Mideast Policy?

Will Egypt’s Mursi challenge US-Israeli Mideast Policy?

Juan Cole

Mohammad Mursi, the new president of Egypt, probably will not be allowed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) with which he must co-habit to make Egyptian foreign policy, or at least to make it unilaterally. But over time, he may be able to have an effect at the margins. Indeed, we may […]

Egypt
Egypt’s Zombie Revolution: Dead and Alive (Chase)

Egypt’s Zombie Revolution: Dead and Alive (Chase)

Juan Cole

Anthony Chase Writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Egypt’s Revolution: Is It Possible to Be Both Dead and Alive? Post-mortems are as rife on Egypt’s revolution as they are on Hosni Mubarak’s health. Each appears to be flat-lining, and yet reports of death may be premature. Egypt’s SCAF (Supreme Council of the Armed […]

Egypt
Mursi and the Brotherhood in a Pluralist Egypt

Mursi and the Brotherhood in a Pluralist Egypt

Juan Cole

Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Mursi has been officially declared the president of Egypt. But under the terms of the military constitutional guidelines issued last Sunday night, he comes into office in the framework of a military government headed by Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi. That is, all the doomsaying about Egypt turning into Iran is to […]

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Green Sunday: Good News on Clean Energy

Green Sunday: Good News on Clean Energy

Juan Cole

1. Morocco has ambitious plans to be the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy. Its new agreement with the European Union removes tariff barriers, and it is importing huge amounts of German equipment for wind and solar generation. Morocco subsidizes the green projects, and plans to export electricity to Europe. ( Desertec is constructing a major […]

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Rights to Property or Property in Rights? (James Madison Poster)

Rights to Property or Property in Rights? (James Madison Poster)

Juan Cole

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Tens of Thousands at Tahrir Demand end of Military Rule

Tens of Thousands at Tahrir Demand end of Military Rule

Juan Cole

An enormous crowd of tens of thousands, the biggest this week, gathered in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Friday, especially as the torrid sun set. These protesters are mostly fundamentalist Muslims, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, though some left and liberal youth groups joined them. They favor candidate Muhammad Mursi in the presidential race, […]

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Drone Questions for Americans (Jamiol Cartoon)

Drone Questions for Americans (Jamiol Cartoon)

Juan Cole

Courtesy Paul Jamiol & check out his book, Jamiol’s World

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