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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Qom Enrichment Facility Revealed; Moves to Sanction Iran gain Momentum

Qom Enrichment Facility Revealed; Moves to Sanction Iran gain Momentum

So I did this posting on Thursday night, below, on how I perceive President Obama to be maneuvering Iran into a box, wherein it faced […]

Juan Cole

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Obama, the UN and Future Iran Sanctions

Obama, the UN and Future Iran Sanctions

President Obama is slowly putting Iran in a box. His cancellation of the useless and expensive so-called “missile shield” program in eastern Europe, which had […]

Juan Cole

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Arguing with Ahmadinejad

Arguing with Ahmadinejad

Aljazeera English reports on Ahmadinejad’s appearance at the United Nations: IRNA gives lengthy excerpts from Ahmadinejad’s address at the United Nations. ‘ President Ahmadinejad, who […]

Juan Cole

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Oren and Solomon: Duelfer 5 Years Later: Words of Mass Distraction

Oren and Solomon: Duelfer 5 Years Later: Words of Mass Distraction

Ido Oren and Ty Solomon write in a guest op-ed for IC: Five years ago, Charles Duelfer, Head of the Iraq Survey Group, presented to […]

Juan Cole

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Obama said Wavering on Troop Escalation in Afghanistan

Obama said Wavering on Troop Escalation in Afghanistan

The NYT says that President Barack Obama is reconsidering his plan to greatly increase the number of US troops in Afghanistan, and to be suffering […]

Juan Cole

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Obama’s Major Challenges on this Week’s Global Stage; Is his own Senate the Roadblock?

Obama’s Major Challenges on this Week’s Global Stage; Is his own Senate the Roadblock?

Top challenges for Obama at the United Nations this week, including Tuesday’s climate conference, and then the G20 on Thursday and Friday. In many instances, […]

Juan Cole

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Are Khamenei and Ahmadinejad Determined to Make Iran a Pariah?

Are Khamenei and Ahmadinejad Determined to Make Iran a Pariah?

My column is out in Salon.com, on the way in which Khamenei and Ahmadinejad are turning Iran into a pariah state. I warn that if […]

Juan Cole

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McChrystal Warns of Failure in Afghanistan without More US Troops; Obama not ready to make Decision

McChrystal Warns of Failure in Afghanistan without More US Troops; Obama not ready to make Decision

There is a serious and growing rift between the Obama White House and the uniformed officers over Afghanistan policy, according to Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Karen […]

Juan Cole

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Khamenei: We Fundamentally Reject Nuclear Weapons

Khamenei: We Fundamentally Reject Nuclear Weapons

The USG Open Source Center translates Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Eid al-Fitr Sermon, in which he categorically rejects the idea of Iran ever developing, possessing […]

Juan Cole

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