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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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Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: "The Army... burned down my house."

Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”

TeleSur | – – “The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time,” one survivor said. Rohingya refugees […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Tunisia:  A Gender Equality Manifesto

Tunisia: A Gender Equality Manifesto

Tunisia is considering new legislation crucial to women’s rights in that country

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China
China to buy $300 mn. in Lab-Grown Meat from Israel

China to buy $300 mn. in Lab-Grown Meat from Israel

Environmentally friendly product could reduce carbon emissions, avoid killing of animals

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Hamas pledges to dissolve Gaza administration, hold elections

Hamas pledges to dissolve Gaza administration, hold elections

Decade-long political division among Palestinians may be overcome

Juan Cole

Climate Change
The Pentagon's Next War:  Extreme Hurricanes & other Climate attacks on US Borders

The Pentagon’s Next War: Extreme Hurricanes & other Climate attacks on US Borders

Generals ignoring Trump to focus on challenge of Heating Planet

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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

Trump’s foreign policy is as petulant as his political snark

Juan Cole

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Iraqi PM to Secessionist Kurds: "You're Playing with Fire!"

Iraqi PM to Secessionist Kurds: “You’re Playing with Fire!”

Kurdish nationalism threatens integrity of four Mideast States

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Which Lives Matter?: Fresh St. Louis Protests over Acquittal of Accused Killer

Which Lives Matter?: Fresh St. Louis Protests over Acquittal of Accused Killer

By TeleSur | – – Saturday’s demonstrations were markedly calmer after nearly three dozen people were arrested the day before. Protests have continued for a […]

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Feminism
Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women's Freedoms in Doubt

Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women’s Freedoms in Doubt

How can Hizbullah liberate women if it wants to segregate them?

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