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Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar
Climate Crisis

Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar

Juan Cole

Cheap solar and wind can replace imports of expensive and possibly unreliable fossil gas as well as imports of expensive and polluting black coal

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

02/08/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

02/08/2026 By The Conversation

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Syria
Syrian Baath Escalates, Uses Jets to Bomb Aleppo

Syrian Baath Escalates, Uses Jets to Bomb Aleppo

When I was interviewed by the BBC last week about rebel advances in Damascus, I cautioned that putting some armed bands in some neighborhoods would […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Romney, and Aryan Racial Theory as a basis for Foreign Policy

Romney, and Aryan Racial Theory as a basis for Foreign Policy

I heard Mitt Romney’s tepid and unremarkable foreign policy speech, which had a lot of posturing but no substance, on Tuesday. I was taken aback […]

Juan Cole

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Dear Fox Cable News: Muhammad Morsi is not the new Prime Minister of Egypt (I know you don’t really care, just sayin’)

Dear Fox Cable News: Muhammad Morsi is not the new Prime Minister of Egypt (I know you don’t really care, just sayin’)

Egypt’s president, Muhammad Morsi, appointed a new prime minister today, Hisham Qandil. Given that Fox Cable News spends its time falsifying video of president Obama […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
Zorah in a Yellow Robe (Matisse Painting)

Zorah in a Yellow Robe (Matisse Painting)

. Henri Matisse, Zorah: La Robe Jaune. Oil on Canvass. Morocco, 1912. Collection Cowles it has been argued that Matisse stepped back, on his first […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Cole Twitter, Facebook,, Email, Books (Repeat)

Cole Twitter, Facebook,, Email, Books (Repeat)

Some book keeping for new readers. Subscribe to postings by email here You can follow the blog via Twitter @jricole. The Facebook Informed Comment fan […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
The Three Lies Michele Bachmann Tells about American Muslims (Saunders)

The Three Lies Michele Bachmann Tells about American Muslims (Saunders)

Doug Saunders writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Three Myths About Muslims That Have Poisoned American Politics The attacks on two of […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (196) “I’m going to completely divorce reason and religion”

Omar Khayyam (196) “I’m going to completely divorce reason and religion”

I’m going to murder my grief               with a bottle                    of […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
Tunis:  View of Coast from Sidi Bu Said (Photograph)

Tunis: View of Coast from Sidi Bu Said (Photograph)

Photograph by Juan Cole, May, 2012

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Could Michelle Bachmann cost Romney the Presidency?

Could Michelle Bachmann cost Romney the Presidency?

Michele Bachmann is flailing around accusing all the US government officials of Muslim heritage of being connected to the Muslim Brotherhood (which in turn she […]

Juan Cole

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