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Islanders of Tuvalu Prepare first Mass Migration because of Sea Level Rise, as ICJ grants them Right to Sue
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Islanders of Tuvalu Prepare first Mass Migration because of Sea Level Rise, as ICJ grants them Right to Sue

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The entire nation of Tuvalu, 11,000 people, is making preparations to relocate, reports Sophie Mak at Nikkei Asia . The […]

Gaza is Starving – how Israel’s Allies can go beyond Words and take meaningful Action

Gaza is Starving – how Israel’s Allies can go beyond Words and take meaningful Action

07/26/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting U of California’s Attempt to Forbid Boycotts

Protesting U of California’s Attempt to Forbid Boycotts

07/26/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Afghanistan
The Karzai Problem in Afghanistan: Wikileaks

The Karzai Problem in Afghanistan: Wikileaks

The bodies of the six US troops — killed Monday by a newly recruited Afghan border guard who turned Taliban — arrived back in the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Zangeneh: Mahmoud Abbas needs to call Snap Elections in Palestine

Zangeneh: Mahmoud Abbas needs to call Snap Elections in Palestine

Hamid Zangeneh writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: We need a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process. One key problem is that […]

Juan Cole

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Jahanpour: US following Israeli 5-Point Plan on Iran: Wikileaks

Jahanpour: US following Israeli 5-Point Plan on Iran: Wikileaks

Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest column for Informed Comment What is truly alarming about the new batch of Wikileaks diplomatic files is the extent […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Khoei:  Ayatollah Sistani is Iraq’s Bulwark against Iran:  Wikileaks

Al-Khoei: Ayatollah Sistani is Iraq’s Bulwark against Iran: Wikileaks

Hayder al-Khoei writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The “cablegate” leaks have gone a long way in embarrassing governments all over the world, […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Top Ten Middle East Wikileaks Revelations so Far

Top Ten Middle East Wikileaks Revelations so Far

1. The British government’s official inquiry into how it got involved in the Iraq War was deeply compromised by the government’s pledge to protect the […]

Juan Cole

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Gates: Saudis want to Fight Iran to the Last American

Gates: Saudis want to Fight Iran to the Last American

Wikileaks Quote of the Day: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Paris, February 8, 2010: “… the Saudis always […]

Juan Cole

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Wikileaks:  UK, US Planned to Pressure IAEA on Iran, Tie Tehran to Pyongyang

Wikileaks: UK, US Planned to Pressure IAEA on Iran, Tie Tehran to Pyongyang

Scott Peterson’s fine piece at CSM on Iranian reactions to the Wikileaks cables is given further credence by yet another document that surfaced Tuesday. Peterson […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza as Israel’s Gimp

Gaza as Israel’s Gimp

In Quentin Tarantino’s camp noir classic, Pulp Fiction, the Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames characters have an altercation and one chases the other into a […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Arabs Urged US to Launch Attack on Iran, but Talk is Cheap:  Cole in the Guardian

Arabs Urged US to Launch Attack on Iran, but Talk is Cheap: Cole in the Guardian

My essay on the implications of the wikileaks revelations about Sunni Arab states urging the US to launch a surgical strike on Iranian nuclear facilities […]

Juan Cole

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