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HerStory: Feminism is the Route to Peace
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HerStory: Feminism is the Route to Peace

H. Patricia Hynes

Young people in more than 60 countries were taught about preserving nature and how to work for environmental good in their communities

How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran could Provoke a wider Conflict

How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran could Provoke a wider Conflict

02/01/2026 By Paul Rogers

Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arab-Islamic Culture in late Ottoman and British Palestine

Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arab-Islamic Culture in late Ottoman and British Palestine

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Second Shiite Governor Slain Levin Calls for al-Maliki to be Unseated al-Maliki in Damascus

Second Shiite Governor Slain Levin Calls for al-Maliki to be Unseated al-Maliki in Damascus

Reuters reports that the governor of Muthanna province, Mohammed Ali al-Hassani, was assassinated on Monday by a roadside bomb. This killing was the second in […]

Juan Cole

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Rubin on Herat

Rubin on Herat

See Barnett Rubin’s latest blog entry at the Global Affairs blog, “Return from Herat: Wherein one Pessoptimist Meets Another.”

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: The Poisonous Legacy of Karl Rove

Cole in Salon: The Poisonous Legacy of Karl Rove

My Salon column is out: The poisonous rhetorical legacy of Karl Rove Even Fox’s Chris Wallace wants to know why Bush’s newly departed advisor had […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Mortar Shells Kill 10 in downtown Baghdad US Mil organizes Sunni Neighborhood Watch

Mortar Shells Kill 10 in downtown Baghdad US Mil organizes Sunni Neighborhood Watch

The NYT reports that the US military is setting up neighborhood militias in Sunni Arab areas, called “Guardians,” to patrol and curb Salafi Jihadi gangs. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Eagan Guest Op-Ed A Vietnam Vet Recognizes Iraq Frustrations

Eagan Guest Op-Ed A Vietnam Vet Recognizes Iraq Frustrations

In response to the NYT op-ed by specialists and sergeants on Sunday, Jerry Eagan writes with his own experiences: Dr. Cole. In July, 1967, while […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Hashimi’s Party will not Rejoin Government For Now; NYT Op-Ed from Soldiers on the Ground

Al-Hashimi’s Party will not Rejoin Government For Now; NYT Op-Ed from Soldiers on the Ground

As Bill Maher has quipped, we have had a balanced set of commentaries on the Iraq War on television news. We have heard from the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Ammar al-Hakim

Ammar al-Hakim

The USG Open Source Center translates a recent speech of Ammar al-Hakim, who is functioning as acting leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council while […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Maliki Seeks Sunni Support in Tikrit 4 Party Coalition slammed as Elitist Expatriates

Maliki Seeks Sunni Support in Tikrit 4 Party Coalition slammed as Elitist Expatriates

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the purpose of PM Nuri al-Maliki’s visit to Tikrit (Saddam Hussein’s old home base) was to convince some tribal notables […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
4-Party Coalition for al-Maliki; Basra Deteriorating; 9 Dead in Baghdad Bombing

4-Party Coalition for al-Maliki; Basra Deteriorating; 9 Dead in Baghdad Bombing

Four parties have formed a coalition in parliament to support Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. They are the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, the Islamic Call (Da`wa) […]

Juan Cole

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