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Juan Cole

Climate Change
Shorter Pope Francis to Big Oil:  You're Going to Hell if You don't Go Green

Shorter Pope Francis to Big Oil: You’re Going to Hell if You don’t Go Green

Juan Cole

Pope Francis on Saturday forthrightly reminded Big Oil that climate change is a moral issue

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Anthony Bourdain: The Only Mensch on Gaza

Anthony Bourdain: The Only Mensch on Gaza

Juan Cole

Anthony Bourdain was the only major American celebrity who succeeded in depicting publicly the Palestinians as rational, caring human beings

Donald Trump
G7 Views Trump's US as Rogue State, as France Threatens a "G6" Memo

G7 Views Trump’s US as Rogue State, as France Threatens a “G6” Memo

Juan Cole

Trump’s 17th century mercantilist trade policies are making the United States the skunk at the party at the G7 meet in Quebec on Friday

Donald Trump
Is Trump's Iftar Party for Muslim envoys an attempt to Sway SCOTUS on Muslim Ban?

Is Trump’s Iftar Party for Muslim envoys an attempt to Sway SCOTUS on Muslim Ban?

Juan Cole

The president may believe he can “Islam-wash” away his history of racist and xenophobic comments

Democracy
Is there Too Much Democracy in the Middle East?

Is there Too Much Democracy in the Middle East?

Juan Cole

Trump loves Arab Strong Men almost as Much as he Loves Playboy Bunnies

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"The Light of a Thousand Suns:" India has 5 of World's largest Solar Farms, Plans Huger

“The Light of a Thousand Suns:” India has 5 of World’s largest Solar Farms, Plans Huger

Juan Cole

India intends to have 275 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2027 and is counting on solar to provide two-thirds of it

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Trump’s Roast of Muslims at his White House Iftar Dinner

Trump’s Roast of Muslims at his White House Iftar Dinner

Juan Cole

It’s not hard to imagine this playing out

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War Crimes: Israeli Snipers Kill Palestinian Nurse, Injure 100, at Gaza March of Return

War Crimes: Israeli Snipers Kill Palestinian Nurse, Injure 100, at Gaza March of Return

Juan Cole

The 1949 Geneva Convention requires that medical personnel shall be respected and protected in all circumstances

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Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

Juan Cole

The people who put her up to these insane ideas are now running the US government’s foreign policy.

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