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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan:  How will Taliban React to Obama Drawdown?

Afghanistan: How will Taliban React to Obama Drawdown?

Aljazeera English reports the Taliban have rejected President Obama’s plans for Afghanistan, but that President Hamid Karzai welcomed steps that would return the country to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Kukis:  Leave Iraq, Too

Kukis: Leave Iraq, Too

Mark Kukis writes a guest column for Informed Comment: Leaving Iraq: Why total U.S. military withdrawal is best By Mark Kukis The Obama administration’s move […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Cole/Goodman Interview on the Obama Drawdown and the Afghanistan War

Cole/Goodman Interview on the Obama Drawdown and the Afghanistan War

Amy Goodman of DemocracyNow! interviewed me Wednesday on the significance of President Obama’s announcement of a significant drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan. Here is […]

Juan Cole

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DemocracyNow! On Bush/CIA Spy Mission against Juan Cole

DemocracyNow! On Bush/CIA Spy Mission against Juan Cole

Amy Goodman devoted her whole program on Wednesday to an interview with Glenn Carle and me, much of which centered on Mr. Carle’s revelations about […]

Juan Cole

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Obama:  The Tides of War are Receding

Obama: The Tides of War are Receding

June 22, 2011 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery On the Way Forward in Afghanistan Washington, D.C. June 22, 2011 As […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The End of the Beginning in Afghanistan

The End of the Beginning in Afghanistan

Breaking news: CNN is reporting that President Obama has decided to take 30,000 troops out of Afghanistan over the next year eighteen months, including 10,000 […]

Juan Cole

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Stewart Figures out what Rupert is Up To

Stewart Figures out what Rupert is Up To

Jon Stewart explains what Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Cable News thinks it is actually about, and it has nothing to do with fair reporting. The Daily […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Key developments in the Arab Spring Today

Key developments in the Arab Spring Today

Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets Monday to demand an end to the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh and a move to […]

Juan Cole

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Response to Bush/CIA Spying Allegations by the University of Michigan

Response to Bush/CIA Spying Allegations by the University of Michigan

U-M responds

Juan Cole

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