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Juan Cole

Climate Change
Tweeting while the Planet Burns: Dystopia 2025

Tweeting while the Planet Burns: Dystopia 2025

Juan Cole

From Afghanistan to Houston, US policy gone awry

Donald Trump
The Anti-Bouazizi: Did Russia try to 'flash mob' a Trump Victory?

The Anti-Bouazizi: Did Russia try to ‘flash mob’ a Trump Victory?

Juan Cole

Internet manipulation extended into real life rallies

Israel/ Palestine
Israel threatens Bedouin communities with Forced Relocation

Israel threatens Bedouin communities with Forced Relocation

Juan Cole

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have notified residents of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar that they are at risk of imminent forcible transfer from their lands, weeks after Israeli Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman reportedly announced that plans were underway to expel Khan al-Ahmar’s residents within a few […]

Donald Trump
Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis

Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis

Juan Cole

Accuses Iran of terrorism but lets Saudis skate

Denialism
Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It

Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It

Juan Cole

By Sarah van Gelder | Yes! Magazine | – – The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes. Pacific Northwest forests are on fire. Several blazes are out of control, threatening rural towns, jumping rivers and highways, and covering Portland, Oregon, Seattle, and other cities […]

Afghanistan
Are US troops in Afghanistan causing Talibanism?

Are US troops in Afghanistan causing Talibanism?

Juan Cole

By Ann Jones | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Here we go again! Years after most Americans forgot about the longest war this country ever fought, American soldiers are again being deployed to Afghanistan. For almost 16 years now, at the command of three presidents and a sadly forgettable succession of generals, they have gone […]

Featured
Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk

Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk

Juan Cole

Can Iraq survive Kurdistan nationalism?

Authoritarianism
Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: "The Army... burned down my house."

Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”

Juan Cole

TeleSur | – – “The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time,” one survivor said. Rohingya refugees arriving at treatment centers in Bangladesh covered in burns have told of an increased wave of violence against Muslims by the government’s military offensive. “The army came and they burned […]

China
China to buy $300 mn. in Lab-Grown Meat from Israel

China to buy $300 mn. in Lab-Grown Meat from Israel

Juan Cole

Environmentally friendly product could reduce carbon emissions, avoid killing of animals

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