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The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict
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The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict

Volkan Isbasaran

On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the NATO summit at the Hague. His office […]

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

06/25/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

06/25/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Sleeping Through Revolution Martin

Sleeping Through Revolution Martin

“Sleeping through the Revolution”: Martin Luther King on the Evils of War Here are some excerpts on war from Martin Luther King, Jr., “Remaining Awake […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq For Land Can Jordan Egypt And

Iraq For Land Can Jordan Egypt And

Iraq for Land: Can Jordan, Egypt and other Sunni Arab States Get a Real State for the Palestinians, Peace for Israel, and Peace for Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Saddams Execution And Revival Of Baath

Saddams Execution And Revival Of Baath

Saddam’s Execution and the Revival of the Baath Party in Iraq Saddam’s half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and the head of his revolutionary court were hanged early […]

Juan Cole

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Misreading Enemy My Op Ed At Mercury

Misreading Enemy My Op Ed At Mercury

Misreading the Enemy My op-ed at the Mercury News, “Misreading the Enemy,” argues that “As long as the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are so deeply […]

Juan Cole

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Mahdi Army Lowers Profile Sunni

Mahdi Army Lowers Profile Sunni

Mahdi Army Lowers Profile Sunni Guerrillas now Mainly fight Shiites McClatchy reports that Mahdi Army militiamen in Baghdad have adopted a low profile as they […]

Juan Cole

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If Shoe Were On Other Foot Europeans

If Shoe Were On Other Foot Europeans

If the Shoe were on the other Foot Europeans who use a credit card to buy an airplane ticket to the United States open themselves […]

Juan Cole

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Attempts At Marginalizing Carter

Attempts At Marginalizing Carter

Attempts at Marginalizing Carter Intensify Fourteen members of the Carter Center have resigned in protest over former president Jimmy Carter’s book,”Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” AP […]

Juan Cole

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Maliki Said To Have Pledged Mahdi

Maliki Said To Have Pledged Mahdi

Maliki Said to Have Pledged Mahdi Crackdown Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that its sources in the Iraqi government are saying that there are some secret […]

Juan Cole

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Cole In Salon Did Us Just Provoke Iran

Cole In Salon Did Us Just Provoke Iran

Cole in Salon: Did the US just Provoke Iran? My article, “Did the US Just Provoke Iran,” about the Irbil attack and other US-Iranian tensions […]

Juan Cole

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