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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Our failing Forever Wars and the End of Democracy

Our failing Forever Wars and the End of Democracy

Pentagon, Special Ops, Empire

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

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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Displaced and Refugees
UN: Rohingya Crisis 'Textbook Example' of Ethnic Cleansing

UN: Rohingya Crisis ‘Textbook Example’ of Ethnic Cleansing

Ethnic Cleansing, human rights, Islam, Buddhism, Myanmar, Burma

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

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

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

Juan Cole

Pentagon
Space Wars: The Pentagon Wants Trillions for High Tech

Space Wars: The Pentagon Wants Trillions for High Tech

But US military hasn’t won a war down here recently

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