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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

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Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

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Egypt
Egyptian authorities release CCTV Footage of Muslim Brotherhood Attack on 6 October Bridge

Egyptian authorities release CCTV Footage of Muslim Brotherhood Attack on 6 October Bridge

The Egyptian authorities have released CCTV video of the Muslim Brotherhood attempt to take over 6 October bridge, showing vanguards engaged in stone-throwing and appearing […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt:  Midnight Massacre of Muslim Brothers at 6 October Bridge (NBC Video)

Egypt: Midnight Massacre of Muslim Brothers at 6 October Bridge (NBC Video)

NBC news reports on the massacre at October 6 Bridge last night in Cairo. The Egyptian health ministry is now saying 66 are dead, the […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Propaganda Terms in the Media and What They Mean - Noam Chomsky

Propaganda Terms in the Media and What They Mean – Noam Chomsky

This talk is from 1990 but it is astonishing how well it holds up. The terms of discourse haven’t changed. Propaganda Terms in the Media […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt’s Revocouption Part Deux:  Dueling Crowds leave 30 Dead

Egypt’s Revocouption Part Deux: Dueling Crowds leave 30 Dead

Egypt’s combination of popular street power and military power continued to dominate the unfolding events in that country on Friday. On Wednesday, Defense Minister Abdel […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tunisia: Demos, Parliament Resignations and  the Republic of Sidi Bouzid Secedes

Tunisia: Demos, Parliament Resignations and the Republic of Sidi Bouzid Secedes

The assassination on Thursday of the leftist leader of the Popular Front, Mohamed Brahmi, provoked no end of trouble in Tunisia on Friday. The left […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Pentagon: Americans must give up Liberties to fight “enemies” but we won’t say who they are (Currier)

Pentagon: Americans must give up Liberties to fight “enemies” but we won’t say who they are (Currier)

Cora Currier writes at ProPublica In a major national security speech this spring, President Obama said again and again that the U.S. is at war […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Military announces 'War on Terror,' Calls for Massive Demos Against Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt: Military announces ‘War on Terror,’ Calls for Massive Demos Against Muslim Brotherhood

Here are two videos from AFP that help explain all those people milling in the street today in Egypt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Minister […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tunisia Plunged into Crisis by Second Political Assassination

Tunisia Plunged into Crisis by Second Political Assassination

The assassination Thursday of opposition member of parliament Mohamed Brahmi (from the small far left Popular Front coalition) shook the country for the second time […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Pakistan: Civilian Drone Casualties from Poor US Intelligence: Gen. Shah (Woods)

Pakistan: Civilian Drone Casualties from Poor US Intelligence: Gen. Shah (Woods)

Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: US officials are claiming that an internal Pakistani assessment of civilian deaths from US drone strikes […]

Juan Cole

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