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Regime Change in Venezuela: American “Justice” as the “Supreme International Crime”
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Regime Change in Venezuela: American “Justice” as the “Supreme International Crime”

Dan Steinbock

Ferencz believed that wars of aggression are the “supreme international crime,” and leaders who initiate them should face prosecution

“A Blind Understanding:”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:33

“A Blind Understanding:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:33

01/05/2026 By Juan Cole

A Game of Drones in Venezuela and Yemen

A Game of Drones in Venezuela and Yemen

01/05/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in direction of Sub-Saharan Africa

Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in direction of Sub-Saharan Africa

Well, we dodged the bullet of looking like Zimbabwe on this issue. But we still need a single payer system. And the court exempting states […]

Juan Cole

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Supreme Courts and Democracy in Egypt, Pakistan and the United States

Supreme Courts and Democracy in Egypt, Pakistan and the United States

As the US Supreme Court rules on the universal health care plan, it is worth considering that all of a sudden the courts are playing […]

Juan Cole

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Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in Direction of Sub-Saharan Africa (Map)

Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in Direction of Sub-Saharan Africa (Map)

Well, we dodged the bullet of looking like Zimbabwe on this issue. But we still need a single payer system. And the court exempting states […]

Juan Cole

Yemen

Graphs of Death: US Drone Strikes Visualized (Pegg)

David Pegg writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism These graphs accurately reflect the Bureau’s data on CIA drone strikes in Pakistan to the most […]

Juan Cole

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Global Warming and Colorado's Great Fire

Global Warming and Colorado’s Great Fire

Weather is specific events, climate is the long-term pattern. Catastrophes like the forest fire in Colorado that has expelled 32,000 people from their homes are […]

Juan Cole

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Letter to President Obama on Yemen:  More Aid, Fewer Drones, Please

Letter to President Obama on Yemen: More Aid, Fewer Drones, Please

The Atlantic Council and The Project on Middle East Democracy are worried about the drift in Obama administration policy on Yemen, about the lack of […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Reasons the ‘Obama lost Egypt’ Meme won’t Work for Romney

Top Ten Reasons the ‘Obama lost Egypt’ Meme won’t Work for Romney

The Republican Party is trying out a “who lost Egypt” line of attack against President Barack Obama, in the wake of the victory in the […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top Ten Reasons ‘Obama lost Egypt’ Meme won’t work for Romney

Top Ten Reasons ‘Obama lost Egypt’ Meme won’t work for Romney

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Juan Cole

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Video of the Day: The Nile Crocodile v. Wildebeest

Video of the Day: The Nile Crocodile v. Wildebeest

Part of a National Geographic segment on the Nile crocodile and its prey:

Juan Cole

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