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Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?
Donald Trump

Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The E3 — France, Britain and Germany — successfully led a bid at the UN Security Council Friday to reimpose […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

09/28/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

09/28/2025 By Ramona Wadi

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For Pacific Islanders, Paris Climate Summit is Life or Death

For Pacific Islanders, Paris Climate Summit is Life or Death

Euronews & Scott B. Power | – – “Dozens of activists at the COP 21 summit in Paris have taken part in the so-called Run […]

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Iraq
Beyond ISIS:  Suicide by World War IV

Beyond ISIS: Suicide by World War IV

By Andrew Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) |- – Introduction by Tom Engelhardt Let’s consider the two parties in Washington. I’m not referring to the Republican and […]

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How the NRA is harming American Security:  Mass Shootings as Serial Terrorism

How the NRA is harming American Security: Mass Shootings as Serial Terrorism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As I write, the full story behind the heinous San Bernardino shootings, which left 14 dead […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria:  Should We?

Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria: Should We?

Guest post from Brian Glyn Williams on viable strategy to diminish terrorist attacks in the West.

Juan Cole

Central Asia
Can Muslim Fundamentalism be Criminalized?  Militant Secularism in Central Asia

Can Muslim Fundamentalism be Criminalized? Militant Secularism in Central Asia

By Farangis Najibullah and Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/RL) | – – Nabijon spends nearly 10 hours a day inside his one-room barbershop on a […]

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Islam-hatred
Dilemma of the Left: How to be anti-racist, anti-War and yet oppose Radical Islamism?

Dilemma of the Left: How to be anti-racist, anti-War and yet oppose Radical Islamism?

By Max Farrar and Rumana Hashem | (Open Democracy) | – – After the 13/11 atrocities in Paris, with global elites increasingly turning their dreams […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Upheaval in Palestine and Israel: Occupation and beyond (96 Palestinians, 17 Israelis Killed since Oct. 1)

Upheaval in Palestine and Israel: Occupation and beyond (96 Palestinians, 17 Israelis Killed since Oct. 1)

By Mahmoud Jabari | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – It can be argued that the rising escalation in tensions and confrontations between the Israelis […]

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8,124 Murders by Firearm in US in 2014 vs.  29  (Equiv. 144) in UK

8,124 Murders by Firearm in US in 2014 vs. 29 (Equiv. 144) in UK

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised The United States continues to be peculiar in handing out powerful magazine-fed firearms to almost […]

Juan Cole

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US to send Spec Ops troops to Iraq to fight ISIL, but do Iraqis want them?

US to send Spec Ops troops to Iraq to fight ISIL, but do Iraqis want them?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Tuesday that the US would send more Special Operations […]

Juan Cole

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