Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s Mehr News Service reported Monday morning Tehran time that President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died Sunday […]
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Cole in Salon: Obama’s Domino Theory
My column in Salon.com is out, “Obama’s domino theory,” in which I worry that “The president sounds like he’s channeling Cheney or McCain — or […]
Cole interview at Washington Note
Video of my conversation with Steve Clemons about my new book, Engaging the Muslim World, is up at the Washington Note website. Clemons is a […]
Jang on Baluchistan’s Sense of Deprivation
The USG Open Source Center translates an editorial on Baluchistan from the Urdu newspaper “Jang.” There is now talk that the Obama administration will extend […]
Gun Battle with Sunni Arabs in Downtown Baghdad
The Shiite government of Iraq arrests Adil Mashhadani, an Awakening Council or Sons of Iraq leader who had turned against the radical Salafi fundamentalists and […]
World Reactions to Obama Plan for Afghanistan
NATO and Afghan troops raided a bomb-making cell of insurgents in the southern Pushtun province of Helmand, killing 19 guerrillas, it was announced on Saturday. […]
OSC: Cheragh: Obama Plan for Afghanistan Flawed
The USG Open Source Center translates an Afghan editorial criticizing elements of President Obama’s new plan for Afghanistan. It displays the gravest doubts that he […]
Pakistan Mosque Bombed, 50 Killed; US: Pakistani Military Elements Support Taliban
In Pakistan, Taliban detonated a bomb in a mosque at Jamrud in the Khyber agency near the Afghanistan border on Friday, killing 50 and wounding […]
Cole on Pakistan Drone wars, on Rachel Maddow’s Show
I was on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC television news show on Friday evening, commenting on the Pakistan bit of President Obama’s plan. She referred to it […]
Urdu Editorials Condemn US Predator Strikes on Pakistan
The USG Open Source Center translates Pakistani editorials in the Urdu press that condemn US Predator drone strikes on targets inside Pakistan. In a recent […]