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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

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Palestine, Bahrain and US Hyprocrisy

Palestine, Bahrain and US Hyprocrisy

Brazen hypocrisy most often deeply damages the reputation, whether of a person or of a country. President Barack Obama appears to have thought that he […]

Juan Cole

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Strange Satellite Craze

Strange Satellite Craze

The NASA satellite re-entering earth orbit late Friday has caused a sensation for some strange reason. Maybe because people have heard that it is 6 […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Mahmoud Abbas goes to the UN

Mahmoud Abbas goes to the UN

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestine Authority will give a major speech on Friday at the United Nations in conjunction with his planned request to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Denies calling for Syrian President’s Resignation

Iraq Denies calling for Syrian President’s Resignation

According to Agence France Presse’s Arabic service, Ali Moussawi, the spokesman for the office of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, is now denying that he told […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Rabbani's Assassination Sharpens Afghanistan Contradictions

Rabbani’s Assassination Sharpens Afghanistan Contradictions

Burhan al-Din Rabbani’s assassination late Tuesday was a further signal that things are going very badly in Afghanistan. Rabbani is a former president of Afghanistan […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libyan Transitional Troops enter Sabha

Libyan Transitional Troops enter Sabha

Reuters reports that Libyan troops of the new government have taken the airport of the southern desert city of Sabha, a key site on the […]

Juan Cole

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Obama’s Tax Critics:  Political Doggerel of the Day

Obama’s Tax Critics: Political Doggerel of the Day

The Tea Party tore into Obama for staging a taxation drama. They would rather he cut doctor visits somewhat and save millionaires from such trauma.

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top  Arab Spring Stories Today

Top Arab Spring Stories Today

Yemeni security forces killed 24 protesters on Sunday as the conflict between partisans of wounded president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his detractors escalated. Anti-Saleh protesters […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Cole on the 9/11 Aftermath at AskM

Cole on the 9/11 Aftermath at AskM

I cover questions about Iraq, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring in this recent interview at AskM (a program of the University of Michigan News […]

Juan Cole

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