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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Trump’s Fascination with appointing War Criminals to High Office

Trump’s Fascination with appointing War Criminals to High Office

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) – A barely noticed anniversary slid by on March 20th. It’s been 15 years since the United States committed the greatest war […]

Rebecca Gordon

Bush
Can't get Fooled Again: Trump Appointees make him look like Bush 2.0

Can’t get Fooled Again: Trump Appointees make him look like Bush 2.0

Via Otherwords.org By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | – – The president once distanced himself from the Bush legacy. Now he’s brought back the architects […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Jesus wasn’t white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew: & why that matters

Jesus wasn’t white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew: & why that matters

By Robyn J. Whitaker | (The Conversation) | – – I grew up in a Christian home, where a photo of Jesus hung on my […]

Juan Cole

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Ultimate Hypocrisy: Saudi Crown Prince touts Religious Tolerance in NYC

Ultimate Hypocrisy: Saudi Crown Prince touts Religious Tolerance in NYC

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s charm offensive in New York allegedly involved meeting Oprah Winfrey, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Voters & Congress need to Stop Warmongers like Bolton via War Powers Act

Voters & Congress need to Stop Warmongers like Bolton via War Powers Act

By Sarah van Gelder | (Yes! Magazine) | – – A widespread show of support at the local level could embolden lawmakers toward a no-first-use […]

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Foreign Policy
Inside the US war in Yemen

Inside the US war in Yemen

By Reese Erlich | (48Hills.org) | – – The American military and complex Middle East politics create a horrible humanitarian crisis One of the most […]

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Kurds
A Second Palestine? Neo-Ottoman “Sultan” Erdogan Captures Syria’s Kurdish Enclave of Afrin

A Second Palestine? Neo-Ottoman “Sultan” Erdogan Captures Syria’s Kurdish Enclave of Afrin

By Dr. Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey’s capture of the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northern Syria has added a new […]

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China
China met Carbon Intensity Goals 3 Years Early, but it Isn't Nearly Enough

China met Carbon Intensity Goals 3 Years Early, but it Isn’t Nearly Enough

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I am not a fundamentalist in any other area of life. But I am a carbon […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Egypt's Electoral Farce: Polls show Al-Sisi lacks legitimacy & gov't is Unstable

Egypt’s Electoral Farce: Polls show Al-Sisi lacks legitimacy & gov’t is Unstable

By Pamela Abbott & Andrea Teti | (The Conversation) | – – Egyptians are voting in presidential elections on March 26-28. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who […]

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