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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Qatar
Dubai-based Company Hired Iraq War Black Ops Exec to Smear Qatar in Film

Dubai-based Company Hired Iraq War Black Ops Exec to Smear Qatar in Film

The latest contract underscores growing concerns about foreign influence campaigns in the heart of Washington.

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Climate Change
Man-Made Climate Change Will Give California Whiplash Between Drought, Floods

Man-Made Climate Change Will Give California Whiplash Between Drought, Floods

California’s recent severe drought may have only been a taste of things to come.

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Militarization
Militarizing the US Border Frontier for Fun and Profit

Militarizing the US Border Frontier for Fun and Profit

Our Southern border is becoming “a remote deathscape where American necropolitics are pecked onto the bones of those we deem excludable.”

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Is Mike Pompeo Soft on White Terrorism Against Muslim Immigrants?

Is Mike Pompeo Soft on White Terrorism Against Muslim Immigrants?

The CIA director seems unaware that the majority of people harmed by terrorism in the US since 2002 have been victims of white nationalism.

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Kabul Mourns Loss of ‘Invincible Hero’ in Anti-Shiite Suicide Blast

Kabul Mourns Loss of ‘Invincible Hero’ in Anti-Shiite Suicide Blast

Salafi Jihadi extremists target Afghan Hazaras in Hopes of Provoking More Sectarian Conflict

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Yemen
Dozens killed in Saudi-led air raid on Yemen wedding: medics

Dozens killed in Saudi-led air raid on Yemen wedding: medics

Sanaa (AFP) – Dozens were killed and wounded in an air raid on a wedding party in Yemen, local officials said Monday, with Huthi rebels […]

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Foreign Policy
Are US Middle East Policies against the Law?

Are US Middle East Policies against the Law?

The United States has a long history of foreign policy interventionism in the name of peace but in violation of political realism.

Ali Abootalebi

Education
Who Made Our Students Into Debt Slaves?

Who Made Our Students Into Debt Slaves?

The originators of student loans argue that they operate within a free market, but they depend on a strong state to succeed.

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Could Saudi Plans for $100/ Barrel Oil Hugely Expand Electric Car Market and Save Tesla?

Could Saudi Plans for $100/ Barrel Oil Hugely Expand Electric Car Market and Save Tesla?

Saudi plans to raise oil prices may inadvertently accelerate the growth of the electric vehicle market.

Juan Cole

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