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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

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

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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

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