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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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IRAN: Authorities confiscate lawyer Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Peace Prize

IRAN: Authorities confiscate lawyer Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Peace Prize

IRAN: Authorities confiscate lawyer Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times I was privileged to be at a conference […]

Juan Cole

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Taliban Talks Collapse; RIC Pressure on Obama to Stay Course; German Military Head Resigns over Qunduz Bombing

Taliban Talks Collapse; RIC Pressure on Obama to Stay Course; German Military Head Resigns over Qunduz Bombing

Proposed talks between the US and the Taliban, to be brokered by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, have broken down because the Taliban are unwilling to […]

Juan Cole

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Mullah Omar Rejects Talks with US, Demands Western Departure

Mullah Omar Rejects Talks with US, Demands Western Departure

The USG Open Source Center translates the statement of Mullah Omar, leader of the “Old Taliban” in Afghanistan, on the occasion of the Muslim Feast […]

Juan Cole

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‘The Geographic Gap’

‘The Geographic Gap’

'The Geographic Gap' | HUMNews Of 237 countries and territories in the world, the 4 largest newsgathering and distribution companies that supply the world with […]

Juan Cole

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The Thanksgiving of the Fantasticals A Day of Rule breaking, and Spontaneous Mirth

The Thanksgiving of the Fantasticals A Day of Rule breaking, and Spontaneous Mirth

When we used to do Thanksgiving as cross-dressing and insulting authority: Thanksgiving was a Northeastern regional commemoration until Abraham Lincoln promulgated it as a national […]

Juan Cole

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Town under Camel siege

Town under Camel siege

Town under siege: 6,000 camels to be shot – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) There are a million camels in Australia’s outback, and the camels […]

Juan Cole

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Training the Afghan army

Training the Afghan army

Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan – opinion: Training the Afghan army —Brian Cloughley Brian Cloughley warned last September: ‘In Kabul last week, […]

Juan Cole

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Tony Blair told ‘days before Iraq invasion’ WMD had been dismantled

Tony Blair told ‘days before Iraq invasion’ WMD had been dismantled

Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair told ‘days before invasion’ WMD had been dismantled – Telegraph What I remember is that knowledgeable inspectors and expatriate Iraq scientists […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Vows to Finish Job; Heroin Trade Thrives; Afghanistan, Inc.?

Obama Vows to Finish Job; Heroin Trade Thrives; Afghanistan, Inc.?

In the midst of the state visit to Washington of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Barack Obama at a brief news conference announced that […]

Juan Cole

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