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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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Climate Change
Can Big Coal, Oil be Put on Trial for Global Warming Damage by Victims?

Can Big Coal, Oil be Put on Trial for Global Warming Damage by Victims?

By Thalif Deen | – – UNITED NATIONS, Jun 16 2015 (IPS) – The United Nations, which is tasked with the protection of the global […]

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Europe
Juan Cole & Jocylene Cesari:  "Europe's Muslims after Charlie Hebdo: Challenges and Misconceptions"

Juan Cole & Jocylene Cesari: “Europe’s Muslims after Charlie Hebdo: Challenges and Misconceptions”

David Speedie, Juan Cole & Jocylene Cesari | Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (Video) | – – “Months after the “Charlie Hebdo” attacks, […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
Can the GOP live down Donald Trump's Middle East "Policy"?

Can the GOP live down Donald Trump’s Middle East “Policy”?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Comedians, bloggers, and pundits are ecstatic about The Donald throwing his toupee in the ring for […]

Juan Cole

Acidification of Oceans
Climate Denial as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy

Climate Denial as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy

By Naomi Oreskes | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Recently, the Washington Post reported new data showing something most of us already sense: that increased polarization on Capitol Hill […]

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Apartheid
Israel's Ultranationalist Squatters March in Jerusalem, beat Palestinian Journalist

Israel’s Ultranationalist Squatters March in Jerusalem, beat Palestinian Journalist

Channel 4 News | (Video Documentary) | – – “Bussed in from nearby settlements, Israel’s ultranationalist right were defiant at a rally for Jerusalem day […]

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Climate Change
Europe to reach 20% Renewable Energy Goal by 2020 & You'll Never Guess How

Europe to reach 20% Renewable Energy Goal by 2020 & You’ll Never Guess How

Euractiv | – – [ N.B. 13% of US electricity is from renewables, including hydro; almost no transportation is powered by renewables.] While most EU […]

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Arab World
Women's Voices Matter, especially in the Middle East

Women’s Voices Matter, especially in the Middle East

By Lauren Feeney | (Informed Comment) – – Before there were nine million Syrian refugees, civil wars in Yemen and Libya, mass death sentences being […]

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Bush
The Middle East Policy of President John Ellis "Jeb" Bush: Iraq, Iran Wars?

The Middle East Policy of President John Ellis “Jeb” Bush: Iraq, Iran Wars?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Jeb Bush announced his run for president on Monday. It is hard to know what his […]

Juan Cole

Culture
Flash Fiction:   “The Office”

Flash Fiction: “The Office”

N.B. Fiction with mature themes.             By Juan Cole |             The Office             Adib was winning at cards again.   Bashir was already out, sitting […]

Juan Cole

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