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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Buddhism
The Civil War inside Buddhism caused Ethnic Cleansing of Muslims

The Civil War inside Buddhism caused Ethnic Cleansing of Muslims

Paul Fuller | (The Conversation) | – – There is a desperate humanitarian crisis underway in Myanmar, centring around the Rohingya Muslims. There is what […]

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Inequality
50% of World's Wealth Is Controlled by Wealthy 1%

50% of World’s Wealth Is Controlled by Wealthy 1%

TeleSur | – – Nearly 35 billion lower income people reside in developing nations and have less than US$10,000 in income. 50 percent of the […]

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Donald Trump
Just a reminder that Trump has the Nuclear Codes

Just a reminder that Trump has the Nuclear Codes

By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – [This piece has been updated and adapted from William D. Hartung’s “Nuclear Politics” in Sleepwalking […]

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Climate Change
Protests as Trump promotes Coal at Climate Summit in Berlin

Protests as Trump promotes Coal at Climate Summit in Berlin

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump White House actually did a pro-coal exhibit at the Bonn climate summit in Germany, […]

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Hizbullah
Lebanon's Big Crisis, and What Saudi Arabia could Lose

Lebanon’s Big Crisis, and What Saudi Arabia could Lose

By Billie Jeanne Brownlee and Maziyar Ghiabi | (The Conversation) | – – The Twitter account of Lebanon’s prime minister, Sa’ad Hariri has been inactive […]

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Corruption
Former Trump NSC Adviser Flynn Accused of $15M deportation Deal with Turkey

Former Trump NSC Adviser Flynn Accused of $15M deportation Deal with Turkey

TeleSur | – – According to reports by NBC News and Wall Street Journal, special prosecutor Robert Mueller is reviewing a meeting between Michael Flynn […]

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Climate Change
Despite Trump, Americans are taking Vigorous Climate Action

Despite Trump, Americans are taking Vigorous Climate Action

By Kristin Igusky and Kevin Kennedy, World Resources Institute | (Inter Press Service) | – – WASHINGTON DC, Nov 13 2017 (IPS) – Even after […]

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Corruption
Former CIA Dir.: Trump is afraid of Putin Kompromat

Former CIA Dir.: Trump is afraid of Putin Kompromat

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Two former intelligence officials on Sunday more or less said openly that Trump is compromised by […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Trump’s Bluster meets the Afghanistan Reality amid Troop Escalation

Trump’s Bluster meets the Afghanistan Reality amid Troop Escalation

By Alfred W. McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – After nine months of confusion, chaos, and cascading tweets, Donald Trump’s White House has finally […]

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