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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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McCain Strategist Lobbyist for Georgia; Scheer: Did He Stage Provocation?

McCain Strategist Lobbyist for Georgia; Scheer: Did He Stage Provocation?

McCain’s campaign strategist Randy Scheunemann was a lobbyist for Georgia until recently, and remained part of Orion Strategies until May 15. OS had signed a […]

Juan Cole

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Arato: The Decision of the Turkish Constitutional Court: the Way Ahead

Arato: The Decision of the Turkish Constitutional Court: the Way Ahead

Andrew Arato writes in a guest op-ed for IC The Turkish Constitutional Court has made its very important decision. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) […]

Juan Cole

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Russia & Georgia, US & Hamas, Cheney & Musharraf

Russia & Georgia, US & Hamas, Cheney & Musharraf

Bush’s demand that Russia “reverse course” on Georgia and not try to overthrow an elected government is full of special pleading. Bush has no standing […]

Juan Cole

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Walbridge: Suskind on America’s Declining Moral Authority

Walbridge: Suskind on America’s Declining Moral Authority

John Walbridge writes in a guest op-ed for IC: Most of the discussion of Ron Suskind’s new book, “The Way of the World,” has focused […]

Juan Cole

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Mountain of Evidence Marshaled against Musharraf; US Refuses to Back Elected Civilian government

Mountain of Evidence Marshaled against Musharraf; US Refuses to Back Elected Civilian government

Dawn says that the parliament in Pakistan has prepared a mountain of documentation in its push to impeach President Pervez Musharraf. Senate leader Raza Rabbani […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Wave of Attacks Kills over a Dozen; US Soldier Killed, 2 Wounded at Tarmiyah; Zebari insists on Withdrawal Timeline

Wave of Attacks Kills over a Dozen; US Soldier Killed, 2 Wounded at Tarmiyah; Zebari insists on Withdrawal Timeline

A new wave of bombings and attacks in Iraq, especially one at Tarmiya targetting Awakening Council members that may have left nearly a dozen people […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Outbreak of Armed Conflict in Kirkuk Feared

Outbreak of Armed Conflict in Kirkuk Feared

Outbreak of armed conflict in Kirkuk feared. Fighting between Russia, Georgia risks wider war. Iraq will try to ensure that its army is “self-sufficient” by […]

Juan Cole

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Ali-Karamali: Of Documentaries and Dehumanization

Ali-Karamali: Of Documentaries and Dehumanization

Sumbul Ali-Karamali writes in a guest op-ed for IC: A lazy way to dismiss conflicts as hopeless is to characterize (usually erroneously) the disputing parties […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Iraqiyah: Arab-Kurdish Polemics over the Oil City of Kirkuk

Al-Iraqiyah: Arab-Kurdish Polemics over the Oil City of Kirkuk

BBC Monitoring carries a translation of a discussion of the Kirkuk crisis on al-Iraqiyah televisions between a Kurdish and an Arab member of parliament.: August […]

Juan Cole

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