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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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Afghanistan
Congress: Yankee Come Home; Iraq, Pakistan: Yankee Go Home

Congress: Yankee Come Home; Iraq, Pakistan: Yankee Go Home

Between 70,000 and 100,000 members of the Sadrist Shiite political bloc rallied in Baghdad on Thursday, demanding that the some 47,000 US troops still in […]

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Israelis Support Obama over Bibi

Israelis Support Obama over Bibi

More evidence that Israel derangement syndrome is a malady among the American political class and a narrow sliver of the AIPAC elite, but that most […]

Juan Cole

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The Secret Patriot Act

The Secret Patriot Act

Dear Tea Party: If all your distrust of the federal government doesn’t cause you to vote against the so-called PATRIOT Act, your tea is weak. […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top 5 Arab Spring Stories Today

Top 5 Arab Spring Stories Today

1. Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his sons will stand trial for ordering deadly force to put down protesters in Egypt (several hundred were […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Selective Outrage about War

Selective Outrage about War

This poster at reddit.com compares the various costs of Bush’s illegal war in Iraq to those of the UN /NATO intervention in Libya (which is […]

Juan Cole

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Rand Paul on Patriot Act Extension puts Obama to Shame

Rand Paul on Patriot Act Extension puts Obama to Shame

Sen. Rand Paul is among the few in Congress to oppose the 4-year extension of the misnamed PATRIOT Act, which violates the 4th Amendment against […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories

Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories

1. German Chancellor Angela Merkel became a green energy hawk after Fukushima. She wants to phase out Nuclear energy and coal, and move quickly to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Pressman: American Presidents and the Two-State Solution

Pressman: American Presidents and the Two-State Solution

Jeremy Pressman writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: “Clinton, Bush, & Obama on a two-state solution” This compilation of major Clinton, Bush (43), […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
What lies Behind Netanyahu's Bluster on '1967 Borders'

What lies Behind Netanyahu’s Bluster on ‘1967 Borders’

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s high dudgeon over the world community’s demand that Israel return more or less to ‘1967 borders’ plays to two audiences, his […]

Juan Cole

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