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Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East
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Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East

Juan Cole

I was welcomed onto David Lin’s Podcast, “The David Lin Report” to talk about Gaza, the Middle East and the US-China rivalry. Embedded video and […]

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Drought, Sand Storms and Evacuations: how Iran’s Climate Crisis gets Ignored

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