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Psychopathocracy 3.0
Donald Trump

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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Our failing Forever Wars and the End of Democracy

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What will Iran do if Trump tears up the Nuclear Agreement?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Recently I was asked whether, if Trump succeeded in undermining the Joint Plan of Collective Action […]

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UN: Rohingya Crisis ‘Textbook Example’ of Ethnic Cleansing

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Colonialism
Why we should be wary of Calls for an "Islamic Reformation"

Why we should be wary of Calls for an “Islamic Reformation”

this demand for an Islamic Reformation functions to inscribe a narrative of Western civilizational superiority over backward, belligerent Islam

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Climate Change
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Our CO2 intensified Harvey & Irma; Worse is yet to Come

Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide toxic gas, and predicting catastrophe

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Iraq
Will Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum Further Roil the Middle East?

Will Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum Further Roil the Middle East?

Kurds Iraq ISIS Middle East Iran

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Desertification
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On 9/11: How we slighted the real Threat, Climate Change, and Hyped Terrorism

Climate Change is a bigger threat than Terrorism

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China studies Banning fossil fuel Car, going 100% Electric

China studies Banning fossil fuel Car, going 100% Electric

To fight climate change and air pollution, China going green

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