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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Displaced and Refugees
Dear Mayor Giuliani:  We can’t turn our backs on Syrian Refugees

Dear Mayor Giuliani: We can’t turn our backs on Syrian Refugees

Akil Awan | (Informed Comment) | – – I recently visited Jordan as part of my work on political violence and youth radicalisation for the […]

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Donald Trump
Will Trump do a deal with Iran or try to Overthrow its Government?

Will Trump do a deal with Iran or try to Overthrow its Government?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – For all his bluster about renegotiating the Joint Plan for Collective Action regarding Iran’s nuclear enrichment […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Will Trump really be Isolationist?  Or will he March us to War?

Will Trump really be Isolationist? Or will he March us to War?

By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – “So is he going to win?” The question washed over me as I slumped in my hard […]

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Islam-hatred
FBI Confirms Rampant Islamophobia: Hate Crimes Surged by 67%

FBI Confirms Rampant Islamophobia: Hate Crimes Surged by 67%

TeleSur | – – While anti-Muslims crimes shot up, Jews still remain the most frequent target of religious-based hate crimes in the U.S. From last […]

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Donald Trump
A Jerusalem Litmus Test

A Jerusalem Litmus Test

By Michael G. Roskin | (Informed Comment) | – – A quick and early litmus test of Trump’s “pragmatism”: Will he move the U.S. embassy […]

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Far Right
Neofascist Trump Appointee Bannon:  "Anger is a Good thing" "if you're Fighting to Take this Country Back"

Neofascist Trump Appointee Bannon: “Anger is a Good thing” “if you’re Fighting to Take this Country Back”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump named Neofascist Stephen Bannon as his White House strategist, a co-equal with incoming White […]

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Arab World
Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East

Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East

By Christopher M. Davidson | (Informed Comment) | – – Swept along on a tidal wave of euphoria, by spring 2011 many had cautiously begun […]

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Iraq War
A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal:  In Memoriam

A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal: In Memoriam

Gwen Ifill/ Juan Cole | (PBS NewsHour) | – – Gwen Ifill, long-time co-anchor of the PBS Newshour, is dead at 61, after a battle […]

Juan Cole

Counter-Terrorism
Real-Life Trolling:  How Provocation Works and How to Respond

Real-Life Trolling: How Provocation Works and How to Respond

By Joshua Cole | ( The Michigan Daily) Yesterday was the anniversary of the attacks in Paris at the Bataclan concert venue and other locations […]

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