Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The only place I’ve ever heard of along the Egyptian mainland’s Red Sea coast is the resort city of Hurghada […]
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Syria: Kurdish Women Soldiers take on Extremist Jihadis
DW writes, “According to the United Nations, more than 100,000 people have died in the civil war in Syria so far. The real number of […]
What Ukraine Means to the U.S. 1% and to the 99% (Editorial Cartoon)
(By Paul Jamiol) Courtesy Jamiol’s World
A Russo-Iranian Bloc against the United States?
(By Juan Cole) Russian President Vladimir Putin called his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Thursday, according to PressTV. The Russian press added that “A Kremlin […]
Climate Change Is Increasing Extreme Heat Globally
By Brian Kahn Follow @blkahn Despite reports of a global warming “hiatus,” a new study shows that the number of areas being affected by extreme heat are on the rise and that the hottest temperatures on the planet are also increasing. The idea of a …
The US isn’t a Police State, but it is a Managed Democracy
Source: SecurityDegreeHub.com —— Related video: TheRealNews: “Obama Expands Militarization of Police” )
The Theater of Conspiracy in the Run-up to Turkey’s Elections
(By Erdağ Göknar) The novel Snow by Nobel-prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk exposes the logic of Middle Eastern nationalism. Not surprisingly, political conspiracy has a […]
Tens of Thousands in Turkey Protest Tyranny of the Majority
(By Juan Cole) Tens of thousands of Turks demonstrated in Istanbul and other cities on Wednesday coming off the funeral of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan. Elvan […]
Cole @ C-Span: Egypt and the Birth of al-Qaeda (video lecture)
(By Juan Cole) My class lecture, “Egypt and the Birth of al-Qaeda,” was filmed by C-Span in February and has been shown on television; it […]
Renewable Energy Boom coming to the Middle East
Middle East North Africa Area To See Renewable Energy Boom (via Clean Technica) The trade association behind the DESERTEC Concept of the same name has […]
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