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Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators’ Offices in Qatar
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Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators’ Offices in Qatar

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bombed the building being used by civilian Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar, […]

Why Conflict Refugees are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Risks

Why Conflict Refugees are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Risks

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Is Trump Christian America’s Golden Calf?

Is Trump Christian America’s Golden Calf?

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Democracy, in India as elsewhere, is not a tyranny of the Majority

Democracy, in India as elsewhere, is not a tyranny of the Majority

It’s Not About The Numbers There is a broader—and deeper—meaning to democracy. Part of that ideal is the idea that every tessera in the mosaic […]

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Energy
Iraq:  If Terrorists hit Southern Iraq oil fields, $5-$7 a gallon Gas?

Iraq: If Terrorists hit Southern Iraq oil fields, $5-$7 a gallon Gas?

By Juan Cole Iraq’s former oil minister, Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum, warned on Thursday that the so-called “Islamic State” terrorist organization could hit the Iraqi oil […]

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How will Obama and the US respond to IS's murder of James Foley ?

How will Obama and the US respond to IS’s murder of James Foley ?

Channel 4 News: “Islamic State releases a video showing the murder of US journalist James Foley, apparently at the hands of a British jihadi fighter. […]

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Arab Spring
Why has Egyptian Youth Activist, Punished by last 4 Presidents, gone on Hunger Strike?

Why has Egyptian Youth Activist, Punished by last 4 Presidents, gone on Hunger Strike?

AJ+ Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was in prison when his son was born, and is now in prison as his father lies in the […]

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Barack Obama
Dear Hillary Clinton:  When did not bombing Syria create Isis?

Dear Hillary Clinton: When did not bombing Syria create Isis?

By Fariborz S Fatemi Hillary Clinton’s criticism of Barack Obama on Syria and the rise of Isis is wrong, and an exercise in selective memory. […]

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Democracy
Why Militarized Policing is the worst Response to Ferguson's Problems

Why Militarized Policing is the worst Response to Ferguson’s Problems

By Chris Cocking, University of Brighton The town of Ferguson, Missouri has now seen ten days of almost nightly disorder following the shooting of black […]

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What do Iraq's Sunni Arabs have in common with Ferguson, Mo. African-Americans?

What do Iraq’s Sunni Arabs have in common with Ferguson, Mo. African-Americans?

By Juan Cole If prime minister-designate Haydar al-Abadi in Iraq is to hope to defeat the so-called “Islamic State” (actually a kind of mafia made […]

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How effective will Erdogan be as Turkey's new President?

How effective will Erdogan be as Turkey’s new President?

By Mustafa Gurbuz The future of Turkey depends not only on Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions but also strategies of the opposition parties, which have proven […]

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African-Americans
Iran Hard Liners denounce US Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson, Mo.

Iran Hard Liners denounce US Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson, Mo.

By Golnaz Esfandiari via RFE/RL The unrest in the U.S. state of Missouri sparked by the fatal police shooting of a black teenager is being […]

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