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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Cole on Democracy Now!

Cole on Democracy Now!

Amy Goodman interviewed me Tuesday morning for Democracy Now! It was a wide-ranging conversation with a lot of good, sharp questions. Democracy Now! on Engaging […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney’s Mission Accomplished

Cheney’s Mission Accomplished

Dick Cheney: “I guess my general sense of where we are with respect to Iraq and at the end of now, what, nearly six years, […]

Juan Cole

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Juan’s New Book is Out!

Juan’s New Book is Out!

More news about my new book, Engaging the Muslim World, which is in bookstores starting today. (Barnes and Noble in particular has it on the […]

Juan Cole

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Chief Justice Reinstated in Pakistan; Protest Rally in Capital Cancelled; Crisis subsiding

Chief Justice Reinstated in Pakistan; Protest Rally in Capital Cancelled; Crisis subsiding

The immediate crisis in Pakistan was averted Monday morning when Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced that he was going to reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry as […]

Juan Cole

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Freeman and the Coming War on Iran

Freeman and the Coming War on Iran

Bob Dreyfuss has a postmortem on the scuttling by the Israel lobbies of the Chas Freeman appointment to the chairmanship of the National Intelligence Council. […]

Juan Cole

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Engaging the Muslim World Events & Review

Engaging the Muslim World Events & Review

Updated for Monday: Here are some media advisories for my book tour this week in New York City. Note that media is always a last-minute […]

Juan Cole

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Vet issues and Mesothelioma

Vet issues and Mesothelioma

I keep seeing those ads on television about victims of mesothelioma, caused by exposure to asbestos, did some googling about the issue. Lo and behold, […]

Juan Cole

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Violent Demonstrations in Lahore

Violent Demonstrations in Lahore

Wire services reporting that Nawaz Sharif defied House arrest and went to a huge rally in Lahore. Thousands of demonstrators broke through a police blockade […]

Juan Cole

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Nawaz Sharif under House Arrest; Army on Alert; Protesters Continue to Converge on Capital

Nawaz Sharif under House Arrest; Army on Alert; Protesters Continue to Converge on Capital

In the midst of Pakistan’s ongoing political crisis, the government of President Asaf Ali Zardari sent out highly mixed signals on Saturday and Sunday. His […]

Juan Cole

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