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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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US Drone strikes Continue in Pakistan despite PM Nawaz Sharif’s UN Protest (Serle)

US Drone strikes Continue in Pakistan despite PM Nawaz Sharif’s UN Protest (Serle)

Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism The CIA launched four attacks [on Pakistan in September] – the second most attacks in one […]

Juan Cole

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Ban Coal: Super Cyclone half the Size of India driven by warming Waters

Ban Coal: Super Cyclone half the Size of India driven by warming Waters

India should rethink plans to build more coal plants. The warming waters of the Indian ocean have thrown up a super-cyclone half the size of […]

Juan Cole

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If SCOTUS rules against FEC, Each Politician will represent one Billionaire (Moyers)

If SCOTUS rules against FEC, Each Politician will represent one Billionaire (Moyers)

Bill Moyers interviews Heather Gerken on McCutcheon vs The Federal Election Commission, which he calls “Citizens United: the Sequel” the blurb: “This week the Supreme […]

Juan Cole

Energy
It’s Getting Hot in Here:  Global Warming Turning Point in only 34 Years (Germanos)

It’s Getting Hot in Here: Global Warming Turning Point in only 34 Years (Germanos)

Andrea Germanos writes at Commondreams.org: The "years of climate departure" for various cities across the globe. (Image: University of Hawaii/Abby Frazier)If global warming continues its […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Whatever Happened to the Somali Pirates?

Whatever Happened to the Somali Pirates?

With the opening of Paul Greengrass’s film “Captain Phillips,” written by Billy Ray and starring Tom Hanks, the phenomenon of piracy in the waters off […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Sakharov Prize-winner Malala Yousafazai Calls on US Gov’t to Conduct talks with Taliban (Queally)

Sakharov Prize-winner Malala Yousafazai Calls on US Gov’t to Conduct talks with Taliban (Queally)

Malala Yousafzai has won the Sakharov Prize for free speech and human rights. Jon Queally writes at Commondreams.org: ” Malala Yousafzai, the sixteen-year-old girl shot […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Why “Fracking” should be against the Law (Giesen)

Why “Fracking” should be against the Law (Giesen)

Tom Giesen writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: As our stocks of cheap and easy gas and oil diminish, we seek oil in […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libyan Prime Minister Abducted, released by Armed Group

Libyan Prime Minister Abducted, released by Armed Group

Early morning on Thursday, today, the news came of the abduction of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a hotel in the capital, Tripoli. He […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
Plight of Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Plight of Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Some 750,000 Syrians have been forced to seek refuge in Jordan. About 2/3s live in apartments or with families, with about a third forced to […]

Juan Cole

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