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Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?
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Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?

Peiman Salehi

Such recalibration does not necessarily signal concession. It may reflect caution.

“In Infinite Pursuit:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:39

“In Infinite Pursuit:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:39

02/28/2026 By Juan Cole

Critiquing Israel is not Anti-Semitism: The American Psychological Association

Critiquing Israel is not Anti-Semitism: The American Psychological Association

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How the US Can Facilitate Peace in Syria: Talking to All Sides including Iran (Lawson)

How the US Can Facilitate Peace in Syria: Talking to All Sides including Iran (Lawson)

Fred H. Lawson writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Secretary of State John F. Kerry took a major step toward engaging the United […]

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Environment
Abusing the Sea:  from Garbage Dump to Rising Waters & CO2 (Lapham)

Abusing the Sea: from Garbage Dump to Rising Waters & CO2 (Lapham)

[This essay by Lewis Lapham will appear in “The Sea,” the Summer 2013 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. This slightly adapted version is posted at TomDispatch.com with […]

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Dear US Government: Your ‘Terror’ map of the Muslim World is from the Time of Shakespeare (Kurzman))

Charles Kurzman writes at Islamicommentary Screenshot of the National Counterterrorism Center’s Interactive Map, April 30, 2013. “The United States is not at war with Islam,” […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Stateless!  The Core of the Palestinian Crisis (Juan Cole Video)

Stateless! The Core of the Palestinian Crisis (Juan Cole Video)

My talk at the Jerusalem Fund (the 2013 Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture with Dr. Juan Cole) The Jerusalem Fund & Palestine Center: Hisham B. […]

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PBS, Self-Censorship and the Koch Big Oil Empire (Democracy Now!)

PBS, Self-Censorship and the Koch Big Oil Empire (Democracy Now!)

Following up on a hard-hitting article by the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, Democracy Now! asks if PBS self-censored to avoid offending a major donor, the […]

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Russia
Syria needs a dozen S-300 batteries to protect itself - Russian general; Kerry Denounces Plan

Syria needs a dozen S-300 batteries to protect itself – Russian general; Kerry Denounces Plan

Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday deplored the Russian plan to ship S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Syria, saying that it will not lead to […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories, 6/1/13

Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories, 6/1/13

1. Scotland Goes Ahead With World’s Largest Wave Energy Project. “At 40 megawatts (MW), it will provide energy to nearly 30,000 homes” once the requisite […]

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Turkey
Taksim Square Protests in Turkey Spread to other Cities, Police accused of Brutality

Taksim Square Protests in Turkey Spread to other Cities, Police accused of Brutality

Protests at Taksim Square in Istanbul that began by opposing the privatization of a park (one of the last spots of green in that part […]

Juan Cole

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Falsely Accused Pot Mom Released in Mexico; Case Argues for Decriminalization

Falsely Accused Pot Mom Released in Mexico; Case Argues for Decriminalization

The release of Yanira Maldonado from a Mexican jail after an apparent attempt to frame her for marijuana trafficking underlines the need to end the […]

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