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Turkey, Iraq and China defy Trump on new Iran Sanctions, Act to Hold Tehran Harmless

Turkey, Iraq and China defy Trump on new Iran Sanctions, Act to Hold Tehran Harmless

Juan Cole

The Trump administration is unlikely to have the same success in getting other countries to boycott Iranian petroleum as did Obama

Turkey
Turkey's re-elected Erdogan, a Hybrid of Putin and Trump, will  Change  Mideast

Turkey’s re-elected Erdogan, a Hybrid of Putin and Trump, will Change Mideast

The Conversation

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the incumbent president and main political actor in Turkish politics for the last 16 years, has won yet another election

Climate Change
Netherlands Proposes going 100% Green by 2050

Netherlands Proposes going 100% Green by 2050

AFP

The Dutch legislation aims to slash greenhouse gas emissions to near zero

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Progressive Dems Are Celebrating Ocasio-Cortez v. Crowley Win; But where is the Legislation?

Progressive Dems Are Celebrating Ocasio-Cortez v. Crowley Win; But where is the Legislation?

Juan Cole

Winning isn’t enough. The Left must prepare to govern

Iran
Trump Admin. Tries to Strong-Arm World into Halting Iranian Oil Imports by Nov. 4

Trump Admin. Tries to Strong-Arm World into Halting Iranian Oil Imports by Nov. 4

AFP

The United States warned Tuesday that countries around the world must stop buying Iranian oil before November 4 or face renewed sanctions

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The Seventh Exclusion:  Great Moments in American Racist Immigration History

The Seventh Exclusion: Great Moments in American Racist Immigration History

Juan Cole

US history is replete with racism as public policy

Featured
New Light on the Arabian Religious Background of Islam?

New Light on the Arabian Religious Background of Islam?

Juan Cole

Aside from the Qur’an itself, all the sources we have were written down after the Abbasid Revolution of 750 against the Umayyads

Immigration
TrumpWorld: A Vast Guantanamo Bay just for Children

TrumpWorld: A Vast Guantanamo Bay just for Children

Karen J. Greenberg

A requiem for a tragedy that has barely ended (if it has)

Syria
Defying US, Syrian Troops Launch Assault on Daraa City as Civilians Flee

Defying US, Syrian Troops Launch Assault on Daraa City as Civilians Flee

Mohamad Abazeed

Syria’s army launched an assault on the flashpoint southern city of Daraa Tuesday, state media said

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