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Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators’ Offices in Qatar
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Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators’ Offices in Qatar

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bombed the building being used by civilian Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar, […]

Why Conflict Refugees are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Risks

Why Conflict Refugees are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Risks

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Egypt
Egypt's 'Rebellion' Movement Plans Protests as Generals Warn they'll Intervene

Egypt’s ‘Rebellion’ Movement Plans Protests as Generals Warn they’ll Intervene

Egypt is facing its severest crisis since the January-February 2011 revolution against dictator Hosni Mubarak as the country moves toward nation-wide protests on June 30. […]

Juan Cole

Qatar
Millennials take over Qatar, but Real Change has Yet to be Accomplished

Millennials take over Qatar, but Real Change has Yet to be Accomplished

The quirky Emir of Qatar since the mid-1990s, Sheikh Hamad b. Issa al-Thani, stepped down in favor of his fourth son, Tamim, 33, this morning. […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
The Syrian War comes to Lebanon as Sidon Explodes into Violence

The Syrian War comes to Lebanon as Sidon Explodes into Violence

The Syrian civil war spilled over onto Lebanon dramatically on Sunday and again on Monday morning when violent clashes broke out between the Salafi militia […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Top Ten Ways US TV News are Screwing us Again on NSA Surveillance Story (Iraq Redux)

Top Ten Ways US TV News are Screwing us Again on NSA Surveillance Story (Iraq Redux)

US television news is a danger to the security of the United States. First, it is so oriented to ratings that it cannot afford to […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Why Correa might give Snowden Asylum:  All the Horrible things the US has done to Ecuador

Why Correa might give Snowden Asylum: All the Horrible things the US has done to Ecuador

Rafael Correa of Ecuador, who won a third term this year, has significantly improved the lives of his people, reducing poverty rates and building out […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Top Ten American Steps toward a Police State

Top Ten American Steps toward a Police State

The police state, a term first coined in the mid-19th century in German (Polizeistaat), is characterized by a standing political police, by intense domestic surveillance […]

Juan Cole

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Arab Idol Winner performs "I want it that Way"

Arab Idol Winner performs “I want it that Way”

The just-announced winner of Arab Idol 2013, Muhammad Assaf of Gaza, performs a cover of the Back Street Boys’ 1999 “I want it that Way.” […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Obama’s New Syria Strategy is Nixon’s Vietnam Negotiation Tactics Redux  (Meyer)

Obama’s New Syria Strategy is Nixon’s Vietnam Negotiation Tactics Redux (Meyer)

Carlyn Meyer writes in a guest column for Informed Comment For better or worse, Obama came of age well after the Vietnam war. Had he […]

Juan Cole

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So When will Dick Cheney be charged with Espionage?  His Crime was the Same as Snowden’s

So When will Dick Cheney be charged with Espionage? His Crime was the Same as Snowden’s

The US government charged Edward Snowden with theft of government property and espionage on Friday. Snowden hasn’t to our knowledge committed treason in any ordinary […]

Juan Cole

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