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Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Hamas pledges to dissolve Gaza administration, hold elections

Hamas pledges to dissolve Gaza administration, hold elections

Juan Cole

Decade-long political division among Palestinians may be overcome

Donald Trump
Trump as Stephen King's 'It': Lashing out at Clinton, N. Korea

Trump as Stephen King’s ‘It’: Lashing out at Clinton, N. Korea

Juan Cole

Trump’s foreign policy is as petulant as his political snark

Featured
Iraqi PM to Secessionist Kurds: "You're Playing with Fire!"

Iraqi PM to Secessionist Kurds: “You’re Playing with Fire!”

Juan Cole

Kurdish nationalism threatens integrity of four Mideast States

Buddhism
Can Turkey's Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?

Can Turkey’s Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?

Juan Cole

Turkey’s President has ambitions to lead the Muslim world

China
Floridians with Solar Inverters had Electricity after Irma & other Green energy success stories

Floridians with Solar Inverters had Electricity after Irma & other Green energy success stories

Juan Cole

Solar installations in the US and India have Burgeoned

Israel
Can Yosef Abramowitz make Solar Power Bloom in Fossil Fuels-Addicted Israel?

Can Yosef Abramowitz make Solar Power Bloom in Fossil Fuels-Addicted Israel?

Juan Cole

An American-Israeli entrepreneur promotes Solar Energy where it hasn’t been welcome

Featured
Russia rebuffs Israeli demand for 40 mi. Buffer with Iran in Syria (Haaretz)

Russia rebuffs Israeli demand for 40 mi. Buffer with Iran in Syria (Haaretz)

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – According to Haaretz Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked Vldadimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation, to keep Iranian troops and Hizbullah militiamen in Syria about 40 miles from the Israeli border. The Russian replied that these were matters for the Syrian Arab Army, but that […]

Elections
Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?

Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?

Juan Cole

Divisions in the Da`wa Party and Iraqi Nationalism pose Challenges to Tehran

Donald Trump
Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US

Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US

Juan Cole

Up Military Spending and cut Budget, & you’ll get a wasteland

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