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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Robot Actress in Tokyo Steals Show (Reuters): Video of the Day

Robot Actress in Tokyo Steals Show (Reuters): Video of the Day

Reuters reports on a Japanese stage play, Sayonara in which a robot caretaker of an ill woman is actually played by a robot (or more […]

Juan Cole

India
Cole in Tomdispatch: Asia Rising, American Hessians

Cole in Tomdispatch: Asia Rising, American Hessians

My column is out in Tomdispatch on the troubling ways that President Obama’s Asian trip suggest America’s weakening position in the world, especially with regard […]

Juan Cole

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ACLU calls on Att'y General to investigate Bush for Torturing

ACLU calls on Att’y General to investigate Bush for Torturing

The American Civil Liberties Union is calling upon the Attorney General to look into prosecuting George W. Bush now that the latter has admitted to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iran-backed al-Maliki Tapped to form Government in Iraq

Iran-backed al-Maliki Tapped to form Government in Iraq

Iraqi politicians have finally begun forming a government at long last, 8 months after the parliamentary elections of March 7. Parliament finally met Thursday and […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghan Poll: We don’t Like Taliban but will Gladly Talk with Them

Afghan Poll: We don’t Like Taliban but will Gladly Talk with Them

A summer, 2010, poll done in Afghanistan by the San Francisco-based Asian Foundation, the results of which have just been released, shows: More and more […]

Juan Cole

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Obama praises Indonesia, Slams Israeli Settlement-building; and, OSC:  Indonesian Press Swoons over Obama

Obama praises Indonesia, Slams Israeli Settlement-building; and, OSC: Indonesian Press Swoons over Obama

CNN has President Obama’s address in Indonesia. Obama stressed Indonesia’s pluralist and secular heritage. He referred to the 5 principles, ‘panca sila’ (Sanskrit, pronounced pancha […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq's Christians Urged to Flee, al-Maliki Says they Should Stay, and Everyone Wonders where the Government Is

Iraq’s Christians Urged to Flee, al-Maliki Says they Should Stay, and Everyone Wonders where the Government Is

Update:: The NYT is reporting that on Wednesday morning, more bombings targeted Christians in Baghdad, leaving 3 dead and 28 wounded. Some of those hit […]

Juan Cole

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Crowds Protest Corruption of Afghan Elections, demand New Polls

Crowds Protest Corruption of Afghan Elections, demand New Polls

Hundreds of Aghans protested Sunday in Kabul against the fraudulent parliamentary elections held this fall in Afghanistan. A quarter of the votes have been thrown […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Energy Committee Chairman Candidate Says God Promised no More Catastrophic Climate Change after Noah

Energy Committee Chairman Candidate Says God Promised no More Catastrophic Climate Change after Noah

Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), who will seek the Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship maintains that we do not have to worry about climate change because […]

Juan Cole

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