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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist

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MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

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Ozymandias on the Potomac:  Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

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(By Juan Cole) Minnesota Judge Eric Lipman found that solar is a better deal than natural gas for Xcel Energy, permitting Geronimo Energy to construct […]

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Apple: We didn’t help NSA put the Dropoutjeep Backdoor in our iPhones

(By Jon Queally) Apple, the company giant behind the iconic iPhone, declared on Monday that is has never assisted the NSA in its efforts to […]

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Turkey's Secretive Gulen Movement Challenges its Prime Minister as Religious Right Splits

Turkey’s Secretive Gulen Movement Challenges its Prime Minister as Religious Right Splits

(By Alexander Christie-Miller) The Gulen movement: a self-exiled imam challenges Turkey’s Erdogan (via The Christian Science Monitor) The man some see as the architect of […]

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India
Tagore's "The New Year" (Poem of the Day)

Tagore’s “The New Year” (Poem of the Day)

(By Rabindranath Tagore) The New Year LIKE FRUIT, shaken free by an impatient wind from the veils of its mother flower, thou comest, New Year, […]

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Bahrain
America's Foreign Policy Challenges in the Middle East, 2014

America’s Foreign Policy Challenges in the Middle East, 2014

Those who suggest that the United States as a superpower is weaker in the Middle East today than nine years ago overestimate the impact on […]

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Turkey hopeful of ties with EU during Greek presidency

Turkey hopeful of ties with EU during Greek presidency

The Turkish government believes that ties with the EU could be further boosted during the rotating presidency of Greece and Italy in 2014

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(By Juan Cole) Dubai Fireworks spectacular for New Year at Burj Khalifa (2 million gather): Dubai will be the site of the 2020 world expo […]

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Iraq Gov't Collapsing as 44 Sunni MPs Withdraw from Parliament

Iraq Gov’t Collapsing as 44 Sunni MPs Withdraw from Parliament

(By AFP) Clashes kill 10 as Iraq forces clear Sunni protest camp (via AFP) Iraqi forces killed 10 gunmen Monday in clashes that erupted as […]

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A Delegation of Congressional Christian Zionists to Israel

A Delegation of Congressional Christian Zionists to Israel

(By Shalom Goldman) Shalom Goldman Just before Christmas, GOP Reps. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), Steve King (Iowa) and Louie Gohmert (Texas) wrapped up a largely secretive […]

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