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Archives for September 2017

Donald Trump
If she had said, "Back off, you Creep!"

If she had said, “Back off, you Creep!”

contributors

women, misogyny, sexism, politics, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump

Donald Trump
Our failing Forever Wars and the End of Democracy

Our failing Forever Wars and the End of Democracy

Juan Cole

Pentagon, Special Ops, Empire

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What will Iran do if Trump tears up the Nuclear Agreement?

What will Iran do if Trump tears up the Nuclear Agreement?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Recently I was asked whether, if Trump succeeded in undermining the Joint Plan of Collective Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal, whether Iran would reply by going for broke to create a nuclear weapon. A related question is whether a collapse of the JCPOA would strengthen […]

Displaced and Refugees
UN: Rohingya Crisis 'Textbook Example' of Ethnic Cleansing

UN: Rohingya Crisis ‘Textbook Example’ of Ethnic Cleansing

contributors

Ethnic Cleansing, human rights, Islam, Buddhism, Myanmar, Burma

Colonialism
Why we should be wary of Calls for an "Islamic Reformation"

Why we should be wary of Calls for an “Islamic Reformation”

contributors

this demand for an Islamic Reformation functions to inscribe a narrative of Western civilizational superiority over backward, belligerent Islam

Climate Change
Our CO2 intensified Harvey & Irma; Worse is yet to Come

Our CO2 intensified Harvey & Irma; Worse is yet to Come

contributors

Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide toxic gas, and predicting catastrophe

Iraq
Will Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum Further Roil the Middle East?

Will Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum Further Roil the Middle East?

contributors

Kurds Iraq ISIS Middle East Iran

Desertification
On 9/11: How we slighted the real Threat, Climate Change, and Hyped Terrorism

On 9/11: How we slighted the real Threat, Climate Change, and Hyped Terrorism

Juan Cole

Climate Change is a bigger threat than Terrorism

China
China studies Banning fossil fuel Car, going 100% Electric

China studies Banning fossil fuel Car, going 100% Electric

Juan Cole

To fight climate change and air pollution, China going green

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