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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half of 2025, consumers in that country bought 10,891,000 passenger vehicles. But […]

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

08/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

08/12/2025 By The Conversation

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4 Killed in Baghdad Bombing Turks attack Kurds inside Iraq Again

4 Killed in Baghdad Bombing Turks attack Kurds inside Iraq Again

PM Nuri al-Maliki called for widened political participation. He appears to be working on a compromise that might bring the parties of Iyad Allawi and […]

Juan Cole

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US Video of Iran Speedboats Doctored; Iranians Charge Fabrication

US Video of Iran Speedboats Doctored; Iranians Charge Fabrication

The Bush administration’s assertion that 5 small Iranian boats confronted big, well-armed US ships in the Straits of Hormuz and threatened to blow up the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
9 US Troops Killed; 250,000 Civilians Dead in Bush’s War?

9 US Troops Killed; 250,000 Civilians Dead in Bush’s War?

Sunni Arab guerrillas have killed 9 US soldiers in the past two days. They killed 6 and wounded 4 with a bomb in a booby-trapped […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
McCain Republicans’ anti-War Candidate; Sunnis Fear Return of Baghdad Violence;

McCain Republicans’ anti-War Candidate; Sunnis Fear Return of Baghdad Violence;

In the US, here is an irony. John McCain, “Mr. Surge,” who dreams of a century-long US occupation of Iraq, was the anti-war candidate for […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Pakistani Papers React to NYT Story on Expansion of CIA Activities

OSC: Pakistani Papers React to NYT Story on Expansion of CIA Activities

The USG Open Source Center provides translated excerpts from Pakistani editorials reacting to Sunday’s New York Times story on discussions by VP Dick Cheney with […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
24 Dead in Sunni Counter-Attacks; Major Refinery in Flames

24 Dead in Sunni Counter-Attacks; Major Refinery in Flames

In a further sign of a determined new year’s counter-attack by the radical Salafis and/or neo-Baathists, a wave of bombings and kidnappings swept Iraq on […]

Juan Cole

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Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Tracking Poll: Big "Mo-bama" Grabs Dems in Granite State; McCain Regains Lead Over Romney in GOP Battle

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Tracking Poll: Big "Mo-bama" Grabs Dems in Granite State; McCain Regains Lead Over Romney in GOP Battle

Zogby gave permission to reprint the below, just in: ‘ UTICA, New York—Democrat Barack Obamas dramatic post-Iowa momentum has come to full bloom in the […]

Juan Cole

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Iran IRGC Ships confront US Navy

Iran IRGC Ships confront US Navy

That the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps coast guard would play chicken with the US Navy is not that surprising. Enemies at sea often taunt one […]

Juan Cole

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NYT on Napoleon’s Egypt

NYT on Napoleon’s Egypt

A review by Tom Reiss of my book, Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East has appeared in The New York Times.

Juan Cole

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