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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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Unlikelihood of a Shiite-Majority Cabinet in Iraq: 1939

Unlikelihood of a Shiite-Majority Cabinet in Iraq: 1939

A little bit of irony from the British archives on Iraq. “Muhammad al-Sadr, the President of the Senate, is believed to aspire one day to […]

Juan Cole

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Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars

Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars

With regard to the Arab-Israeli conflict, we have entered the age of micro-wars. The first wars that Israel fought with its Arab neighbors were conventional […]

Juan Cole

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Israel Destroys American School in Gaza, Kills Guard

Israel Destroys American School in Gaza, Kills Guard

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports of Israel’s heavy artillery bombardment of densely populated Gaza on Saturday that “The American […]

Juan Cole

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Israel invades Gaza

Israel invades Gaza

After a four-hour artillery barrage, Israeli troops moved into the northern part of the Gaza strip on Saturday. This land operation raises the same question […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Protest Israel, US in Kabul

Thousands Protest Israel, US in Kabul

Thousands of Afghans rallied on Friday against the Israeli attack on Gaza Three thousand protesters in Kabul burned Ehud Olmert and George W. Bush in […]

Juan Cole

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30 Killed, 112 Wounded in Bombing; Iraqi Air Force Carries Aid to Gaza;

30 Killed, 112 Wounded in Bombing; Iraqi Air Force Carries Aid to Gaza;

A suicide belt bomber killed his own clansmen at a tribal reconciliation meeting at Yusufiya just south of Baghdad, killing at least 30 and wounding […]

Juan Cole

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Moderates Must Give up Moderation: Jordanian Press on Gaza

Moderates Must Give up Moderation: Jordanian Press on Gaza

The USG Open Source Center paraphrases articles in the Jordanian press on the Israeli attack on Gaza. Jordan is one of only two Arab states […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Regains National Sovereignty; Takes Control of Green Zone, Basra Airport; MEK Terror Group to Leave

Iraq Regains National Sovereignty; Takes Control of Green Zone, Basra Airport; MEK Terror Group to Leave

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Thursday that Iraq had “regained its national sovereignty”. It could in fact be argued that for the first time […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing Refugee Camps in Gaza Instead of Paying the Refugees Reparations

Bombing Refugee Camps in Gaza Instead of Paying the Refugees Reparations

The news keeps reporting that the Israeli air force bombed refugee camps in Gaza. Did you ever wonder how those refugee camps got to be […]

Juan Cole

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