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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

05/14/2025 By The Conversation

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

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Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?

Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The intrepid Karen DeYoung and Ellen Nakashima report at WaPo that anonymous US intelligence officials have […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkey’s Emboldened Opposition

Turkey’s Emboldened Opposition

By Sinan Ülgen | (Project Syndicate) | – – ISTANBUL – In Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has been working to centralize political […]

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Donald Trump
In Int'l Diplomacy, Does Trump know the Art of the Deal?

In Int’l Diplomacy, Does Trump know the Art of the Deal?

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – From North Korea to Russia to the Middle East, there’s no shortage of […]

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CIA
Is Trump Sign or Cause of US Imperial Meltdown?

Is Trump Sign or Cause of US Imperial Meltdown?

By Alfred W. McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – The superhighway to disaster is already being paved. From Donald Trump’s first days in […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey: Erdogan Marks Coup anniversary with more Crackdowns

Turkey: Erdogan Marks Coup anniversary with more Crackdowns

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey commemorated on Saturday the anniversary of the failed coup in that […]

Juan Cole

science
Brain Fitness:  Why you're losing out if you're not Learning another Language

Brain Fitness: Why you’re losing out if you’re not Learning another Language

By Gaia Vince | ( Mosaic: The Science of Life) | – – Why being bilingual helps keep your brain fit Most people in the […]

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Arab Americans
Federal Judge strikes down Granny Exclusion in Trump's Muslim Ban 2.0

Federal Judge strikes down Granny Exclusion in Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org)) | – – Judge writes that “the Government’s definition [of ‘close familial relationship’] represents the antithesis of […]

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Green Energy
For Clean, Cheap Energy, Cities & Counties should Take Over

For Clean, Cheap Energy, Cities & Counties should Take Over

By Sarah van Gelder | ( Yes! Magazine ) | – – A new report finds public ownership is the best way for cities and […]

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25% of Australian Homes have gone Solar and other Green Triumphs this Week

25% of Australian Homes have gone Solar and other Green Triumphs this Week

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Renewables continue to take the world by storm, which is good news for the climate. Because […]

Juan Cole

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