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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Christianity
Israeli Squatter anti-Church Terror in Jerusalem "Poisons" Papal visit

Israeli Squatter anti-Church Terror in Jerusalem “Poisons” Papal visit

(By Juan Cole) The Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, has said that Israeli squatter attacks on and desecration of Christian churches has poisoned the […]

Juan Cole

Nisar lauds  PTI workers’ attitude

Nisar lauds PTI workers’ attitude

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan praised the workers and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for demonstrating a “sense of responsibility” […]

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Climate Change
 New Study Ties California Drought to Fossil Fuel-Driven Climate Change

New Study Ties California Drought to Fossil Fuel-Driven Climate Change

New Study Links California Drought to Climate Change and Burning of Fossil Fuels (via Desmogblog) Sat, 2014-05-10 09:07Chris Rose California, widely considered the U.S. state […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Kochs slammed by GOPer for plan to cripple wind power in Kansas

Kochs slammed by GOPer for plan to cripple wind power in Kansas

Kansas Republican slams Kochs for trying to cripple state’s growing wind power industry (via Raw Story ) Friday night’s edition of The Rachel Maddow Show […]

Juan Cole

CIA
Pakistan: CIA "Bin Laden" Unit's Fake Vaccination Ploy Sparked Polio Crisis

Pakistan: CIA “Bin Laden” Unit’s Fake Vaccination Ploy Sparked Polio Crisis

(By Sarah Lazare) A Pakistani official on Thursday slammed the CIA's fake vaccination drive in 2011 for fueling distrust of polio eradication campaigns and driving […]

Juan Cole

Drones
The True Costs of Remote Control Drone Wars

The True Costs of Remote Control Drone Wars

(By Pratap Chatterjee via Tomdispatch) Enemies, innocent victims, and soldiers have always made up the three faces of war. With war growing more distant, with […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Did the GOP Obsession with Monica Lewinsky contribute to 9/11?  Is the Benghazi hysteria deja vu?

Did the GOP Obsession with Monica Lewinsky contribute to 9/11? Is the Benghazi hysteria deja vu?

(By Juan Cole) The reemergence in the news of Monica Lewinsky is also a reminder of one of the lowest deeds in modern politics, the […]

Juan Cole

GCC
Saudi-Iran Struggle and the Syrian Proxy War can only be Resolved by Diplomacy

Saudi-Iran Struggle and the Syrian Proxy War can only be Resolved by Diplomacy

(By Robert Mason) The current foreign policy tensions between Iran and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) pivot around Iran’s nuclear programme, ideology […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Global Warming could Uncork East Antarctic Ice Shelf, Leading to Massive Sea Rise

Global Warming could Uncork East Antarctic Ice Shelf, Leading to Massive Sea Rise

(By Andrea Germanos) A small amount of ice in the East Antarctic holding back an area of marine ice like a "cork" is at risk […]

Juan Cole

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