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Iran Faces a new Phase of Isolation if Europe Reimposes Sanctions for its Nuclear Program
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Iran Faces a new Phase of Isolation if Europe Reimposes Sanctions for its Nuclear Program

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

With Germany at the helm and regional tensions mounting, the diplomatic window may be closing Braga, Portugal and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment, […]

AI Warfare in Gaza: Targeted Killings, Automated Surveillance (Khalil Dewan)

AI Warfare in Gaza: Targeted Killings, Automated Surveillance (Khalil Dewan)

07/24/2025 By Global Voices

Understanding the Violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad

Understanding the Violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad

07/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Ahmadinejad Pledges to Protect Lebanon

Ahmadinejad Pledges to Protect Lebanon

On Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed large and adoring crowds in the southern Shiite suburbs of Beirut, which had been intensively bombed by Israeli […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Palin Fear-Mongers on Iran, Sharia

Palin Fear-Mongers on Iran, Sharia

Republican gadfly Sarah Palin said in an interview with Newsmax Tuesday that Russia should be warned against helping Iran because if Iran got a nuclear […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Greeted by Cheering Throngs in Beirut

Ahmadinejad Greeted by Cheering Throngs in Beirut

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Beirut on Wednesday, being greeted enthusiastically by large crowds (probably mostly Shiites) who lined the streets as his retinue […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Google imagines an Atlantic Wind Grid

Google imagines an Atlantic Wind Grid

One of the problems with new green energy installations is the need to funnel the power, facility by facility, into the existing electricity grid. Google […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on Ahmadinejad at Truthdig

Cole on Ahmadinejad at Truthdig

My column on Iran’s Ahmadinejad and Lebanon is up at Truthdig: Excerpt: ‘ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Middle East’s populist answer to the American […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Abbas: Israel has Abrogated the Peace Process

Abbas: Israel has Abrogated the Peace Process

Palestinians declined to take the bait of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday. Netanyahu offered an extension of the 10-month freeze on new Israeli […]

Juan Cole

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Bee Study Sponsor Went Unmentioned in NYT Article

Bee Study Sponsor Went Unmentioned in NYT Article

You know that New York Times story that implicated a ‘tag team’ of virus and fungus in the collapse of American bee colonies? And how […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Declares for Ethnic Nationalism

Israel Declares for Ethnic Nationalism

The Israeli cabinet has approved a measure that would require persons applying for Israeli citizenship to affirm the “Jewish and democratic” character of Israel. The […]

Juan Cole

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O’Donnell SNL Spoof

O’Donnell SNL Spoof

Saturday Night Live spoofs Christine O’Donnell’s campaign spot in which she denies she is a witch.

Juan Cole

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