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How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn
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How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn

Dan Steinbock

The macro effect is elevated inflation as energy prices are coupled with rising costs in transport, food and manufacturing

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

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Trumped!  The President of No Return on a Hothouse Planet

Trumped! The President of No Return on a Hothouse Planet

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Cole at "Confronting Napoleon": San Francisco’s Humanities West

Cole at "Confronting Napoleon": San Francisco’s Humanities West

Humanities West, a San Francisco cultural institution, is having a program April 17-18 on Napoleon at which I will speak on Napoleon’s Egypt. Media Contact: […]

Juan Cole

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US to Join UNSC Talks with Iran on Nuclear Program

US to Join UNSC Talks with Iran on Nuclear Program

The US will join Germany and United Nations Security Council partners in face to face negotiations with Iran on its nuclear enrichment program. The Bush […]

Juan Cole

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Obama in Iraq Again Pledges Troop Withdrawal

Obama in Iraq Again Pledges Troop Withdrawal

President Barack Obama made an unscheduled stop in Baghdad on Tuesday, meeting with US troops and also with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Obama told US […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Candidate For Governor of Ninawa Says Political Tactics Can Resolve Violence

OSC: Candidate For Governor of Ninawa Says Political Tactics Can Resolve Violence

The USG Open Source Center translates an interview in a Qatari newspaper with the incoming Sunni Arab governor of the northern Ninevah (Ninawa, Mosul) Province, […]

Juan Cole

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Obama: The US is not, and Never will be, at War with Islam

Obama: The US is not, and Never will be, at War with Islam

President Barack Obama conducted a state visit of the Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday, visiting the mausoleum of the Republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Attaturk […]

Juan Cole

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6 Coordinated Bombings Rip through Shiite Baghdad; 34 Dead, over 100 Wounded

6 Coordinated Bombings Rip through Shiite Baghdad; 34 Dead, over 100 Wounded

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that guerrillas set off six coordinated bombs in Shiite areas of Baghdad on Monday, killing 34 and wounding over 100, and […]

Juan Cole

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Obama the Visionary: End Nukes, admit Turkey to EU

Obama the Visionary: End Nukes, admit Turkey to EU

Barack Obama continues to shake up the world with his new ideas, demonstrating himself again among the more creative and bold leaders the world has […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on C-Span 2 re: Engaging the Muslim World

Cole on C-Span 2 re: Engaging the Muslim World

My talk at the New America Foundation on the need for a new Western relationship with the Muslim world, in connection with my new book, […]

Juan Cole

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Turkey Relents on Rasmussen; NATO Sends only 3000 Troops to Afghanistan

Turkey Relents on Rasmussen; NATO Sends only 3000 Troops to Afghanistan

Turkey relented on Saturday and agreed to allow Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, to become head of NATO if a Turkish assistant was […]

Juan Cole

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