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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

08/13/2025 By Juan Cole

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Apocalypse Or Bust:  ISIL and the Battle For Dabiq

Apocalypse Or Bust: ISIL and the Battle For Dabiq

By David Patrikarakos | ( RFE/RL ) | – – The town of Dabiq, in northern Syria, around 25 miles from Aleppo, with its population […]

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Foreign Policy
In a Multipolar World, the US can no Longer Intervene at Will

In a Multipolar World, the US can no Longer Intervene at Will

By Dilip Hiro | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – In the strangest election year in recent American history — one in which the Libertarian […]

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Islam-hatred
Eight ways that Islamophobia operates in everyday life

Eight ways that Islamophobia operates in everyday life

Peter Hopkins, Gurchathen Sanghera, and Kate Botterill | (The Conversation) | – – Immigration and national identity currently are at the forefront of the public […]

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Education
Would US have more security if it spent on Global Ed instead of on War industries?

Would US have more security if it spent on Global Ed instead of on War industries?

By Jeffrey D. Sachs | (Project Syndicate) | – – NEW YORK – The United States needs to shift its spending from war to education, […]

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Democratic Party
The Unbearable Horror of Donald Trump

The Unbearable Horror of Donald Trump

By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – Monday’s debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was a bizarre, disorienting carnival from the […]

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Russia and Turkey Make up:  What implications for Syria, Kurds?

Russia and Turkey Make up: What implications for Syria, Kurds?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Turkey on Monday for direct talks with Turkish President Tayyip […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why does Israel have 200K Palestinians in WB Refugee Camps under Siege?

Why does Israel have 200K Palestinians in WB Refugee Camps under Siege?

By Fabíola Ortiz | (Inter Press Service) | – – An eight-meter-high “security wall” borders part of the Aida refugee camp, 1.5 km north of […]

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wind energy
The Future is Here:   Massive floating Wind Turbines off Scotland by 2017

The Future is Here: Massive floating Wind Turbines off Scotland by 2017

The Economist | (Video Report) “It is not just utility companies racing to respond to the rise of renewable energy. Oil and gas giant Statoil […]

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Die-Hard Trump Supporters want to *be* Trump

Die-Hard Trump Supporters want to *be* Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Back in the 1960s when the James Bond craze hit the US and even President Jack […]

Juan Cole

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