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Psychopathocracy 3.0
Donald Trump

Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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What Would a Rand Paul Libertarian Foreign Policy Look Like? (Cole @ Truthdig)

What Would a Rand Paul Libertarian Foreign Policy Look Like? (Cole @ Truthdig)

My essay, “What Would a Rand Paul Libertarian Foreign Policy Look Like?”, is out at Truthdig Excerpt: “On Saturday, Paul emerged as the winner of […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
What we Lost:  Top Ten Ways the Iraq War Harmed the US

What we Lost: Top Ten Ways the Iraq War Harmed the US

As the tenth anniversary of the launching of the Iraq War approaches, I’ll be making some comments about the episode at this blog, which for […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq's Teens Drowning in Hopelessness  (Arwa Damon)

Iraq’s Teens Drowning in Hopelessness (Arwa Damon)

CNN’s Arwa Damon reports from Baghdad on the sense of hopelessness among even upper-class Iraqi teens today. AFP gives support to Ms. Damon’s findings: a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Remembering Rachel Corrie, 10 Years Later

Remembering Rachel Corrie, 10 Years Later

Rachel Corrie’s parents speak out on the tenth anniversary of her killing by the Israeli operator of a military bulldozer, who ran over her as […]

Juan Cole

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St. Patrick's Day Explained (ReportingSatire Video)

St. Patrick’s Day Explained (ReportingSatire Video)

ReportingSatire explores St. Patrick’s Day:

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
By the Numbers:  US Drone Strikes on Pakistan “Illegal”

By the Numbers: US Drone Strikes on Pakistan “Illegal”

The Guardian reports that Ben Emmerson, the UN’s special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, says that the Pakistani government has given no tacit consent […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Can we Get the Media to Report Climate Change? (Bill Moyers Video)

Can we Get the Media to Report Climate Change? (Bill Moyers Video)

Bill Moyers interviews a prominent scientist on what can be done to bring climate change back into the media discussion: The blurb: “Encore: Ending the […]

Juan Cole

China

Rising China’s Muslim Problem: What is the Future of the Uygurs? (Alimglu)

JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary interviews MUSA ALIMGLU: This week I asked a China and Xinjiang expert — someone who is familiar with China’s ethnic […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Pope Francis, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Women’s Equality: Why Must Religion be Patriarchal?

Pope Francis, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Women’s Equality: Why Must Religion be Patriarchal?

The selection of the new pope was carried out by a conclave of elderly men, and the only candidates were men. The new pope is […]

Juan Cole

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