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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

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Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

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Islamophobia
The Irrelevance of the Knights in a Global Society

The Irrelevance of the Knights in a Global Society

Norwegian right wing Christian terrorist Anders Breivik spoke of being a member of the “Knights Templar,” and if anything is further terrorizing about Friday’s attacks […]

Juan Cole

Islam
When Extremism Learns to Blow things Up

When Extremism Learns to Blow things Up

The revelation by CNN that Norwegian right wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik kept a diary in which he obsessed about the dangers of cultural Marxism, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
White Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism in Norway

White Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism in Norway

That the horrible terrorist attacks in Oslo on Friday that left some 90 persons or more dead– a bombing of the prime minister’s office and […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syrian Gov't Besieges Homs Ahead of Friday Demonstrations

Syrian Gov’t Besieges Homs Ahead of Friday Demonstrations

AP reports that most people were trapped in their homes as gunfire crackled in the background in Homs, Syria, the country’s third-largest city on Thursday. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is the Arab Spring Coming to Palestine?

Is the Arab Spring Coming to Palestine?

Marwan Barghouti, a jailed Palestinian leader who was important to the “Second Intifada” or Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation, has called for “million-person marches” in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Top Self-Defeating Moves in the Middle East

Top Self-Defeating Moves in the Middle East

One of the great mysteries in Hollywood is how bad films get made. After all, no one sets out to make a bad film. And […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Can Bookstores be Saved?

Can Bookstores be Saved?

I like bookstores. I savor being in a place with book-lined walls. I love the covers, the titles, the blurbs. Some bookstores have jazz playing […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Qaddafi was Linchpin of Corrupt Dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt

Qaddafi was Linchpin of Corrupt Dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt

Abd al-Rahman Shalqam, former foreign minister of Libya, has revealed in an interview with al-Hayat in Arabic that Muammar Qaddafi was central to propping up […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Free Libya Offensive in Brega Begins

Free Libya Offensive in Brega Begins

Update: Midday Monday Libyan time, Free Libya forces announced that the bulk of the Qaddafi brigades at Brega had retreated to Ra’s Lanuf and that […]

Juan Cole

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