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Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran
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Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran

Mohammad Eslami

Netanyahu traveled to Florida for an extended meeting with President Donald Trump, and the conversation focused heavily on Iran

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“A door to which I found no key:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:32

“A door to which I found no key:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:32

12/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

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Map: Ethnicities Afghanistan

Map: Ethnicities Afghanistan

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Map: Religions & Ethnicities of Iraq

Map: Religions & Ethnicities of Iraq

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Wikileaks and the New McCarthyism:  Maybe we Just Need a More Open Government

Wikileaks and the New McCarthyism: Maybe we Just Need a More Open Government

A big issue in the Wikileaks controversy has to do with restrictions on freedom of speech in a democratic society, and the use of pressure […]

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Map: Modern Iran

Map: Modern Iran

Modern Iran Click to go to map, click again to enlarge. Informed Comment Map Page (Under Construcion)

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Jamiol: The Embarrassment of Wikileaks Leaks

Jamiol: The Embarrassment of Wikileaks Leaks

Paul Jamiol on Reactions to the Wikileaks: Courtesy “Jamiol’s World”

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Israel's Mega-Fire and Climate Change's Drying Mediterranean

Israel’s Mega-Fire and Climate Change’s Drying Mediterranean

You can’t relate a one-off event like Israel’s massive forest fire near Haifa to climate change, which has to be measured over a long series. […]

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Charges Against Cheney Filed by Nigeria in Bribery Case

Charges Against Cheney Filed by Nigeria in Bribery Case

The Lagos Guardian reports that the Nigerian government has preferred charges against former US vice president Richard Bruce Cheney (they always give the full names […]

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The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923

The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923

The real background of the modern Middle East: Map: The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923

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Map Ethnic Groups in Iran and Central Asia

Map Ethnic Groups in Iran and Central Asia

Ethnic Groups in Central Asia (click for stand-alone map and click again to enlarge) From the very useful Perry-Castaneda map collection at the University of […]

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