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Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America’s Lunch in this Industry
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Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America’s Lunch in this Industry

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The dufus-in-chief perorated on Friday once again on wind power, complaining that the components are made in China but that […]

The Gaza Genocide is still far from being condemned in the West’s Rhetoric

The Gaza Genocide is still far from being condemned in the West’s Rhetoric

07/05/2025 By Ramona Wadi

Comics and Graphic Novels can empower Refugees to tell their Stories on their own Terms

Comics and Graphic Novels can empower Refugees to tell their Stories on their own Terms

07/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Obama Reversal on Torture Photos: Is He Afraid they would Destabilize Iraq?

Obama Reversal on Torture Photos: Is He Afraid they would Destabilize Iraq?

President Obama has reversed himself on his earlier determination not to oppose a ruling by a Federal judge that remaining photos of the torture and […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Public Sees Taliban as Dangerous; New Front Opened at Peochar

Pakistani Public Sees Taliban as Dangerous; New Front Opened at Peochar

Pakistani troops say that they have cleared Buner of Taliban guerrillas: “‘Normalcy is returning to Buner. People have started harvesting their crops and shops are […]

Juan Cole

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Gas Attack on School girls in Afghanistan

Gas Attack on School girls in Afghanistan

A suspected gas attack on a girl’s school sent 84 girls to hospital in Kapisa Province north of Kabul. There are suspicions that this was […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: The Hidden Hand of Dick Cheney

Cole in Salon: The Hidden Hand of Dick Cheney

My column for Salon.com, “The hidden hand of Dick Cheney” is now out. Excerpt: ‘ don’t dismiss Dick Cheney as a fading punch line, or […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Libi Case Eloquent Testimony against Torture

Al-Libi Case Eloquent Testimony against Torture

The best refutation of Dick Cheney’s insistence that torture was necessary and useful in dealing with threats from al-Qaeda just died in a Libyan prison. […]

Juan Cole

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McKiernan Steps Down in Afghanistan;Pakistan Offensive continues in Swat

McKiernan Steps Down in Afghanistan;Pakistan Offensive continues in Swat

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced on Monday that he had fired Gen. David McKiernan. Time reports that Gates was impatient with McKiernan’s failure to […]

Juan Cole

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Wanda Sykes makes Short Work of Rush Limbaugh

Wanda Sykes makes Short Work of Rush Limbaugh

Wanda Sykes Comedy @ White House Correspondents Dinner – 05/09/09, Part I: and Part II, which includes the destruction of Rush Limbaugh and a wicked […]

Juan Cole

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The Problem is Statelessness

The Problem is Statelessness

King Abdullah II of Jordan revealed to the Times of London that the Obama administration may attempt a comprehensive peace treaty between Israel and the […]

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NYT Review of "Engaging the Muslim World"

NYT Review of "Engaging the Muslim World"

David E. Sanger, writing in the New York Times Book Review, reviews my new book, Engaging the Muslim World. Sanger, chief Washington correspondent of the […]

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