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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)
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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)

Juan Cole

Juan Cole Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini: “The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): How To Lose a Country In 100 Days with Josh Gondelman & Juan […]

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

05/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

05/18/2025 By The Conversation

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After Brussels, the Strategy of ISIL/ Daesh

After Brussels, the Strategy of ISIL/ Daesh

By Paul Rogers | (OpenDemocracy) | – – Tunisia, Paris, and now Brussels: escalating attacks on western targets reflect a shift of focus by ISIL. […]

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How Green Energy is already taking over the World

How Green Energy is already taking over the World

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In 2015 energy companies invested more in new renewables power plants in 2015 than in fossil […]

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Fall of Palmyra:  Syrian regime races to take ISIL's 'Berlin' and forestall 'Partition'

Fall of Palmyra: Syrian regime races to take ISIL’s ‘Berlin’ and forestall ‘Partition’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – That massive Russian air strikes and a determined infantry and armor assault by the Syrian Arab […]

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Why are American Elections so much worse than Everybody Else’s?

Why are American Elections so much worse than Everybody Else’s?

by Pippa Norris | (The Conversation) | – – The world is currently transfixed by the spectacle of American elections. From New York, London and […]

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Bernie Sanders
Momentum:  Sanders Sweeps with Huge Wins in Hawaii, Washington and Alaska

Momentum: Sanders Sweeps with Huge Wins in Hawaii, Washington and Alaska

TeleSur | – – “I think it is hard for anybody to deny that our campaign has the momentum,” Sanders told supporters. Bernie Sanders won […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters issue death threats against  Videographer who filmed execution of Palestinian

Israeli Squatters issue death threats against Videographer who filmed execution of Palestinian

By Celine Hagbard | IMEMC | — A Palestinian videographer and human rights worker whose video of the murder of a 21-year old Palestinian by […]

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Belgium
What would effective Counter-Terrorism look like after Brussels?

What would effective Counter-Terrorism look like after Brussels?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The various nostrums proposed to counter Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) terrorism in Europe and North America by […]

Juan Cole

Colonialism
Beyond Victimhood: 5 Slaves Who Fought Back and Changed History

Beyond Victimhood: 5 Slaves Who Fought Back and Changed History

By Mohamed Hemish | ( TeleSur | – – March 25 marks the United Nations’ “International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery,” which […]

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Far Right
Meet the Conspiracy Theory Hatemonger behind Ted Cruz

Meet the Conspiracy Theory Hatemonger behind Ted Cruz

Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Ted Cruz is the Republican establishment’s last hope against Donald Trump. But if you’re hoping for […]

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